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Village Names:
- German: Magarei
- Hungarian: Magaré
- Official: Pelisor
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 11 km from Mosna
- Postal-Code:
Population:
- 1488: 52 heads of households
- 1786: 621
- 1910: 1032
- 1940: 454 Lutherans
- 1966: 949
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 10 members and is now served
from Agnita.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1357 as Magare
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Built on swampland, therefore known for its stilt-walkers
- Spelling with diacritics: Pelis,or
Village Names:
- German: Maldorf
- Hungarian: Domáld
- Official: Viisoara
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Dumald
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 8 km from Zagar, 12 km from Dumbraveni
- Postal-Code: 3086
Population:
- 1786: 686
- 1910: 755
- 1940: 931 Lutherans
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 16 members and is now served
from Rauthal.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Maldorf
- Church records available at FHL: BMD: 1688-1944
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1810562, 1475974-77
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Domald
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529951, item 2
- Leipzig archives: B: 1688-1944; M: 1688-1943; D: 1688-1944, with
gaps
Miscellaneous:
- Founded about 1300; documented 1420
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Derived from Latin "Dumetum" = hedge or thicket
- Amalgamated with Hohndorf to form Viisoara
- Spelling with diacritics: Viis,oara
Heimatbücher:
- Maldorfer Gestalten (Hans Schebesch) - zusammen mit - Hohndorfer
Heimatbuch (Georg Weiß). Weyerbusch, Oberhausen: Selbstverlag der HOG,
1987. [Covers the communities of Maldorf as well as Hohndorf.]196 S. [G,
IfA]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Hans Schebesch, Siegstr. 10, 57635
Weyerbusch, GERMANY
Village Names:
- German: Malmkrog
- Hungarian: Almakerék
- Official: Malincrav
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Malmkrug
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 11 km south of Laslea, southwest of Sighisoara
- Postal-Code: 3135
Population:
- 1786: 786
- 1910: 1295
- 1940: 958 Lutherans
- 1966: 1506
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 198 members.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Malmkrog
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1691-1911; M: 1702-1943; D: 1693-1911
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417962, 1810564, 1475978
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Almakerek
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529953, item 4
- Leipzig archives:
B: 1691-1817, 1879-1911
M: 1702-1817, 1879-1943
D: 1693-1817, 1879-1911, with gaps
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1305 (belonged first to the Hungarian noble family Apafi,
then the Bethlens)
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Ortsgeschichte
- The Gothic style frescoes in the choir loft are the oldest surviving
inTransylvania
- Spelling with diacritics: Ma^lincrav
Heimatbücher:
- Malmkrog: In Arbeit/in preparation (SZ 15.9.95)
Village Names:
- German: Maniersch
- Hungarian: Küküllömagyarós, Szászmagyarós
- Official: Magherus
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Monyoros, Manyersch
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 5 km from Nades on a gravel road, 20 km north of Sighisoara
- Postal-Code: 3078
Population:
- 1713/14: 83 farms, 1 mill
- 1765: 368
- 1786: 438
- 1848: 513 (475 Saxons)
- 1910: 577
- 1940: 629 Lutherans
- 1966: 357
- 1999: no Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Maniersch
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1871-1908
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417964
- FHL Census Microfilm: Szasz Magyaros
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529951, item 1
- Leipzig archives: B: 1871-1908
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 28 April 1391 as Monyoros, the property of Ladislaus
von Epeschdorf
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- Ortsgenealoge
- Zeittafel
/ timeline
- Repairs of the church roof and walls in 1998 were financed by donations
of former Manierschers.
- Ma^gherus,
Heimatbücher:
- Maniersch. Heimatbuch über eine untergegangene sächsische Gemeinde
in Siebenbürgen, Rumänien 1930-1991. [E: .... Heritage book about vanished
Saxon community in Transylvania, Rumania 1930-1991]. (Friedrich Schneider)
Wiesbaden, Eigenverlag, 1991. 320 S. [G]
- Manierscher Heimatbuch: wie es einst war.... [E: ... heritage book.
How it once was]. (Johann Mann, Richard Alberti, Hilfskomitee der Siebenbürger
Sachsen). Schweinfurt, Schweinfurter Druckerei, 1973, 115 S. [G, IfA,
MOB]
Village Names:
- German: Mardisch
- Hungarian: Mardos
- Official: Moardas
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- South of Medias, east of Seica Mica
- Postal-Code: 2489
Population:
- 1786: 420
- 1910: 594
- 1940: 423 Lutherans
- 1966: 490
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 3 members and is served from
Stolzenburg
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1372
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Mardischer Heimatblatt [1993])
- Spelling with diacritics: Moardas,
Village Names:
- German: Marienburg
- Hungarian: Hétúr
- Official: Hetiur
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Liebfrauen, Marembrich,
Merenburg
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 10 km south of Nades on a winding road
- Postal-Code: 3076
Population:
- 1786: 583
- 1815: 32 nobles owned land in the village
- 1910: 1207
- 1940: 866 Lutherans
- 1966: 1098
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 40 members and is served from
Sighisoara.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Hetur
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529951, item 1
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1301as "terra Hethwr"
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Corn planted only after 1713
Village Names:
- German: Marienburg
- Hungarian: Földvár
- Official: Feldioara
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Mergenburg
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 19 km north of Brasov; at the same latitude as Milan and Venice
- Postal-Code: 3011
- Railroad station: Feldioara
Population:
- 1379: was given the right to hold a weekly market and in
- 1380: the right of asylum
- 1510: 158 heads of households
- 1672: 41 heads of households, 13 German settlers
- 1786: 1596
- 1791: 175 Romanian and 251 Saxon families
- 1838: an earthquake, which destroys the church fortress. It is not
rebuilt.
- 1910: 2486
- 1940: 1165 Lutherans
- 1982: 4523
- 31.12.1997: The Lutheran community had 63 members and is served from
Brasov.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Founded: pre-1225 as "Castrum Mariae" by the Teutonic Order of Knights
as their administrative and economic centre
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Marienburger Nachrichten [1983])
- Ortsgenealoge
- Marienburg
)
- Site of one of Transylvania's 4 agricultural schools from which over
1000 graduated between 1871 to 1945.
Heimatbücher:
- Marienburg im Burzenland. Zur Geschichte der einstigen Ritterorden
Gemeinde in Siebenbürgen. [E: ... in the Burzenland. On the history of
the community in Transylvania founded by the Order of Knights]. (Georg
Janesch-Troll, Hans Mendgen, Kurt Stephani). Bielefeld: Gieseking Verlag,
1987; 1989, 2. Aufl., 456 S. [G, IfA, MOB]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Kurt Stephani, Taubenstr. 9,
74392 Freudental, GERMANY
Village Names:
- German: Marktschelken
- Hungarian: Nagyselyk
- Official: Seica Mare
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- On DN 14, south of Copsa Mica, north of Sibiu
- Postal-Code: 2463
- Railroad station: Seica Mare
Population:
- 1706: almost totally razed by the Kurutzen
- 1786: 879
- 1910: 1657
- 1940: 738 Lutherans
- 1966: 3932
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 47 members and is now served
from Medias.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1308
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Ortsgeschichte
- Birthplace of Brigadier General J. Michael Graeser (1786-1865)
- Spelling with diacritics: S,eica Mare
Heimatbücher:
- Heimatbuch Marktschelken (Rosel Potoradi) Nürnberg 2002. ca. 300
S. € 40,-
Order address/Bezugsadresse: HOG-Vorsitzender Alfred Schoger,
Eibacher Hauptstr. 55, 90451 Nürnberg
Village Names:
- German: Marpod
- Hungarian: Márpod
- Official: Marpod
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Morped
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Southwest of Agnita
- Postal-Code: 2480
Population:
- 1488: 13 heads of households, a school master, a shepherd
- 1786: 907
- 1910: 1393
- 1935: 1033 Saxons
- 1940: 1668
- 1990: 1387
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 37 members and is now served
from Sibiu.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1349 as Meyerpoth (Latin)
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Marpoder Heimat-Bote [1993])
- Ortsgeschichte
- Known for the custom of "Urzelnlaufen" during Lent and the "Trachten"
worn on Sundays
Heimatbücher:
- Marpod Heimatbuch: ein Dorf in Siebenbürgen. [E: ... Heritage book:
a community in Transylvania]. (Georg E Schuster) München, Sieb.-sächs.
Stiftung. 55,-DM. 286 S. ISBN 3-932043-18-9. (SZ 15.3.99) [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Georg E Schuster, Kronengasse
1, 75331 Engelsbrand, GERMANY; Konto Nr. 20481841, Volksbank Pforzheim
, BLZ 66690000
Village Names:
- German: Martinsberg
- Hungarian: Mártonhegy
- Official: Somartin
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- South of Agnita, 15 km east of Cincu
- Postal-Code: 2495
Population:
- 1786: 1030
- 1910: 1236
- 1940: 829 Lutherans
- 1966: 923
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 33 members and no longer has
its own minister.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1337
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Famous for its altar painting by Johann Martin Stock of Sibiu (1730)
- With Braller, Gürteln, Kirchberg, Sachsenhausen and Tarteln, located
in the "Kampestwänkel", i.e. cabbage corner, as the area around Agnita
is called
- Spelling with diacritics: S,omartin
Village Names:
- German: Martinsdorf
- Hungarian: Szászmártonfalva
- Official: Metis
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Miartesdorf
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 7 km north of Vecerd, south of Medias
- Postal-Code: 2488
Population:
- 1738: 100 of its 600 inhabitants die of the plague
- 1786: 598
- 1910: 679
- 1940: 843 Lutherans
- 1966: 702
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 41 members and is now served
from Medias.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Szasz Martonfalva
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529953, item 1
Miscellaneous:
- Founded: 1290 by Count Nikolaus von Talmesch; documented 1315
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Ortsgeschichte
- Spelling with diacritics: Metis,
Heimatbücher:
- Martinsdorf: Erinnerungen an Martinsdorf. [E:.... - memories of....].
(Daniel Schobel). Drabenderhöhe, Selbstverlag, 1990. 247 S. [G]
- Martinsdorf. Eine siebenbürgisch-sächsische Gemeinde im Wandel der
Zeiten. [E: ..... A Transylvanian community through time]. Im Auftrag
der Heimatortsgemeinschaft Martinsdorf. (Richard Waldemar Mildt). München,
Verlag der Sieb.-sächs. Stiftung, 1996. 468 S. (Schriftenreihe der Sieb.-Sächs.
Stiftung, Bd. 22). 50,-DM. [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Martin Hartmann, Haferland 4,
51674 Wiehl, GERMANY.
Village Names:
- German: Mediasch
- Hungarian: Medgyes
- Official: Medias
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Medwisch
Location:
- Country: Romania
- West of Sighisoara, north of Sibiu
- Postal-Code: 3135
Population:
- 1532: 286 heads of households
- 1786: 4586
- 1910: 8616
- 1940: 6360 Lutherans
- 1992: 64,488
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 1026 members.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Mediasch
- Church records available at FHL:
B: 1827-1937; M: 1827-1928; D: 1827-1837
Military personnel only: BM: 1869-1871; D: 1852-1871
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417949, 1475979-81, 1810563, 1454031 item 3
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Leipzig archives:
B: 1827-1837, 1876-1889, 1902-1924, 1934-1937
M: 1827-1837, 1901-1928
D: 1827-1837
Miscellaneous:
- Settled since Roman times but documented in 1276 when Saxons arrived
from the Hermannstadt area
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Mediascher Zeitung [1981])
- Ortsgenealoge
- Homepage
- City status since 1514
- Stefan Ludwig Roth's birthplace (1796-1849), recently restored
- Transylvania's only still-standing castle-church within a city.
- Name derives from the Hungarian "meggy" = sour cherry
Heimatbücher:
- Gotik in Siebenbürgen: der Meister des Mediascher Altars und seine
Zeit. [E: Gothic in Transylvania: the master of the ....altar and his
time]. (Otto Folberth). Wien, Schroll, 1973. 147 Seiten.
- Mediasch. Die siebenbürgisch-sächsische Stadt an der großen Kokel.
Lesebuch. [E: ....The Transylvanian-Saxon city on the big Kokel. A reader].
(Dieter Folbert, Paul Rampelt, Otto Deppner u. HOG Mediasch). Thaur/Innsbruck,
Wort und Welt Verlag, 1992. 471 S. (Schriftenreihe der Sieb.-Sächs. Stiftung,
Bd. 6). [G, MOB]
- Die mittelalterlichen Baudenkmäler der Stadt Mediasch. (Eugenia Greceanu).
Bukarest, Meridiane, 1971. 54 Seiten. (Historische Denkmäler)
- Die siebenbürgisch-sächsische Freistadt Mediasch: Glück und Ende
der sächsischen Geschichte einer siebenbürgischen Stadt. [E: The Transylvanian
free city... luck and the end of the Saxon history of a Transylvanian
city]. (Hans Zikeli). Wien/ München, 1992. 2. erw. Aufl. 236 S. [G]
- Die siebenbürgisch-sächsische landwirtschaftliche Lehranstalt Mediasch;
1871-1946: eine Gedenkschrift. [E: The Transylvanian-Saxon agricultural
institute .....a commemorative writing]. (Hans Acker). Wolfhagen/Kassel,
privately printed, 1981. 88 Seiten.
Village Names:
- German: Meeburg
- Hungarian: Homorodbéne
- Official: Beia
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 11 km south of Archita, north of Rupea
- Postal-Code: 3047
Population:
- 1786: 601
- 1910: 956
- 1940: 513 Lutherans
- 1966: 799
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 14 members and has joined
with Katzendorf.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Meeburg
- Church records available at FHL: BMD: 1932-1943
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417966
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Leipzig archives: B: 1932-1943; M: 1932-1941; D: 1932-1943
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1442
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Ortsgeschichte
- Photo
- Altar was built in 1513 by Johann Stoß, a son of Veit Stoß of Nürnberg
- Name is derived from Mäd(chen)berg (i.e. girl's mountain)
- The railway runs through a long tunnel.
Heimatbücher:
- Meeburg. Das siebenbürgisch-sächsische Dorf an der Mädelkoppe. [E:....
The Transylvanian-Saxon village on the Mädelkoppe]. (Michael Schuller,
Wilhelm Schuster). Thaur/Innsbruck, Wort und Welt Verlag, 1995. (Schriftenreihe
der Sieb.-Sächs. Stiftung, Bd. 16). 317 S. [G]
Village Names:
- German: Mergeln
- Hungarian: Morgonda
- Official: Merghindeal
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Mergental
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 8 km east of Agnita
- Postal-Code: 2493
Population:
- 1786: 817
- 1910: 1204
- 1940: 636 Lutherans
- 1966: 1071
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 41 members and is now served
from Schönberg.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1336
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Niuberzoichen: Mitteilungsblatt der Mergler Nachbarschaft
[1997])
- Lies on the Mediasch-Agnetheln-Fogarasch road
Village Names:
- German: Meschen
- Hungarian: Muzsna, Szászmuzsna
- Official: Mosna
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Mojna
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 10 km south of Medias
- Postal-Code: 3152
Population:
- 1532: 235 heads of households
- 1786: 1134
- 1910: 1851
- 1940: 1615 Lutherans
- 1966: 2288
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 33 members and is now served
from Medias.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Meschen
- Church records available at FHL: BMD: 1708-1944
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417934-41
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Leipzig archives: BMD: 1708-1944, with gaps
Miscellaneous:
- Founded: 13th century
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Ortsgeschichte
- Spelling with diacritics: Mos,na
Heimatbücher:
- Meschen-Siebenbürgen. G.A.-Zweig-Ver'Fest/Honterus Druck, Sibiu-Hermannstadt,
1936. 34 S.
- Meschen, eine bleibende Erinnerung. [E: ....a permanent memory].
(Martin Henning, im Auftrag und mit Unterstützung der HOG Meschen). Thaur/Innsbruck,
Wort und Welt Verlag, 1994. 320 S. (Schriftenreihe der Sieb.-Sächs. Stiftung,
Bd. 13). [G]
Village Names:
- German: Meschendorf
- Hungarian: Mese
- Official: Mesendorf
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Mesche, villa Meschonis,
Meschdorff
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 28 km northwest of Rupea, 7 km south of Crit
- Postal-Code: 3023
Population:
- 1469: fire
- 1488: 58 heads of households, 1 school master, 1 mill, 2 shepherds
- 1786: 707
- 1910: 807
- 1940: 738 Lutherans
- 1966: 659
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 29 members and is served by
ministers from neighbouring parishes.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Meschendorf
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1644-1943; M: 1741-1942; D: 1741-1943
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417963, 1417965
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Meschendorf
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529979, item 2
- Leipzig archives:
B: 1644-1650, 1741-1776, 1873-1943
M: 1741-1776, 1895-1942
D: 1741-1776, 1891-1943
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1322 as Messendorf
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
Heimatbücher:
- Meschendorf am Steinberg. (Heinz Georg Dörner). 50,- DM. Contact/Bezug:
Heinz-Georg Dörner, Ickelsamerstr. 40, 81825 München, GERMANY. HOG
Meschendorf, Kontonummer 26111039, Stadtsparkasse München, BLZ 701500 00.
Spelling with diacritics: Mes,endorf
Name changes: Mesche (1356), villa Meschonis (1448)
Village Names:
- German: Mettersdorf
- Hungarian: Nagydemeter
- Official: Dumitra
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 10 km north of Bistrita
- Postal-Code: 4416
Population:
- 1786: 1171
- 1910: 1677
- 1940: 1486 Lutherans
- 1966: 2112
- 31.12.1995: No longer listed in the register of Lutheran communities;
the church has been sold to the Orthodox community.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Mettersdorf
- Church records available at FHL: BD: 1780-1950; M: 1783-1950
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944317-22
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1317 as Villa Demetrii after the leader of the settlers,
Metter
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Many saltsprings; an area of fruit trees and vineyards
Heimatbücher:
- Mettersdorfer Heimatbuch Siebenbürgen. [E: ...heritage book Transylvania].
(Michael Raiger, Johann Schmidt, JM Gaßner; bearb. von Kurt Csallner,
Hilfskomitee der Siebenbürger Sachsen). Schweinfurt, Schweinfurter Druckerei
und Verlagsanstalt, 1965. 105 S. + 130 Bilder, 14,80 DM [G, IfA, MOB]
Village Names:
- German: Michelsberg
- Hungarian: Kisdizned, Kisdiznód
- Official: Cisnadioara
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Just south of Sibiu, 5 km west of Cisnadie
- Postal-Code: 2438
Population:
- 1786: 587
- 1910: 945
- 1940: 1149 Lutherans
- 1966: 1433
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 121 members.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Kis Disznod
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529979, item 2
- Hermannstadt city archives: B: 1652-1792; MD: 1739-1792
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1191 as Mons Michaelis
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Formerly the property of the abbey of Kerz; the Romanesque church
is one of the oldest
- Lies at the foot of the 583 m St. Michael Berg
Heimatbücher:
- Überlegungen zur Entwicklung des Orts- und Landschaftsbildes von
Michelsberg (Cisnadiora) in Rumänien. [E: Thoughts on the development of
a picture of Michelsberg and area]. (Ute Baldermann). Dresden, 1995. Technische
Univ. Diplomarbeit. Ca. 92 S./pages.
Village Names:
- German: Michelsdorf
- Hungarian: Szásznagyveszös
- Official: Veseus
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- southwest of Tirnaveni, 7 km north of Jidvei
- Postal-Code: 3192
Population:
- 1786: 683
- 1910: 1093
- 1940: 148 Lutherans
- 1966: 1345
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 5 members and is now served
from Seiden.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Szasz Veszos
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529949, item 4
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1322
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- The only community on the north shore of the Kokel (Tirnava) river
inhabited by Saxons
- Spelling with diacritics: Veseus,
Village Names:
- German: Michelsdorf
- Hungarian: Mihályfalva
- Official: Boarta
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- South of Copsa Mica, 4 km east of Seica Mare
- Postal-Code: 2464
Population:
- 1786: 541
- 1910: 736
- 1940: 440 Lutherans
- 1966: 748
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 12 members and is now served
from Stolzenburg.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1394
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Close to the fortress are remnants of a pre-historic settlement
Village Names:
- German: Minarken
- Hungarian: Malomárka, Malomarok
- Official: Monariu
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Monora, Minuerku,
Minuäkn
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 11 km south of Bistrita, 6 km southwest of Budacu de Jos
- Postal-Code: 4435
Population:
- 1786: 275
- 1910: 389
- 1940: 340 Lutherans
- 1966: 457
- 31.12.1995: No longer listed in the register of Lutheran communities;
the church buildings now belong to the Pentecostals.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Minarken
- Church records available at FHL: BMD: 1837-1910
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944323
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1243 as Molunark
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG ??
- The village and church were formerly situated at the Budak river
but relocated following extensive flooding in 1754.
- The only round church in north Transylvania, built in 1755-1776;
it was designated a heritage site by the Romanian government in 1978
and its bells were brought to Grossau and Galt.
Heimatbücher:
- Heimatbuch Minarken. Die Geschichte einer sächsischen Gemeinde in
Nordsiebenbürgen. [E: Heritage book.....The history of a Saxon community
in north Transylvania]. (Hanspeter Zehner, Hrsg.). Gefördert vom Sieb.-Sächs.
Kulturrat aus Mitteln der Sieb.-Sächs. Stiftung. Dachau, Hablitzel, 1989.
463 S. [G, IfA, MOB]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Maria Müller, Gartenstr. 52,
85757 Karlsfeld, GERMANY.
Village Names:
- German: Mönchsdorf
- Hungarian: Harina
- Official: Herina
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Münsterdorf, Münzdorf
Location:
- Country: Romania
- South of Bistrita, 7 km east of Lechinta
- Postal-Code: 4421
Population:
- 1786: 469
- 1910: 989
- 1940: 430 Lutherans
- 1966: 568
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 9 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Monschdorf
- Church records available at FHL: BMD: 1816-1944
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944324-25
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Harina
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1536806, item 1
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1246
- Kirchenburg/church fortress: One of the most beautiful in Transylvania,
it was built between 1200-1250/60. The church has now been restored and
was consecrated in 1998.
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- The name is of Celtic origin: Halina = salt
Heimatbücher:
- Heimatbuch. Mönchsdorf in Nordsiebenbürgen. [E: Heritage book. ....in
north Transylvania]. (Johann Molner). Linz, Landesverlag Druckservice,
1993. 115 S. [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Johann Molner, Burgstallstr.
26, A-4523 Neuzeug, Austria.
Village Names:
- German: Moritzdorf
- Hungarian: Aranyosmöric, Szászmóric
- Official: Morut
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Mauritz
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 11 km southwest of Lechinta
- Postal-Code: 4455
Population:
- 1786: 287
- 1910: 525
- 1940: 240 Lutherans
- 1966: 373
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 37 members and is now a
filial community of Bistrita.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Moricz
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1536807, item 3
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1248
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Spelling with diacritics: Morut,
Heimatbücher:
- Heimatbuch Moritzdorf in Nordsiebenbürgen. [E: Heritage book of
.... in north Transylvania]. (Jost Linkner, Karl Gellner, Georg Schuster).
Wels, Bürotique, 1998. 226 S. 50,-DM / 350 ÖS. (SZ 30.6.98) [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Dr. Jost Linkner, Waidhausen
33, A-4600 Wels, Austria.
Village Names:
- German: Mortesdorf
- Hungarian: Mártontelke
- Official: Motis
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Mordessdorff, Merthessdorff,
Merestorf
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 12 km south of Copsa Mica, 7 km south of Valea Viilor
- Postal-Code: 3157
Population:
- 1786: 667
- 1910: 834
- 1940: 925 Lutherans
- 1966: 987
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 7 members and is now served
from Medias.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Martontelke
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529953, item 1
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1319 as Villa Morteni, the property of Nikolaus and
Johann, sons of Count Corardus of Talmesch. They also owned Alamor, Bulkesch,
Cornatel, Gesäß, Hamlesch, Irmesch, Kleinalisch, Martinsdorf, Medves,
Sacel, Seiden, Silea, and Talmesch.
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Ladislaus Tessinger de Mortersdorf enrolled at the university of
Vienna in 1507.
- Spelling with diacritics: Motis,
- Name changes: Mordessdorff (1501), Merthessdorff (1526), Merestorf
(on Honterus's map of 1532)
Heimatbücher:
- Mortesdorf Heimatbuch. (Michael Lösch, HOG Mortesdorf). 80,-DM.
(SZ 20.4.99)
Village Names:
- German: Mühlbach
- Hungarian: Szászsebes
- Official: Sebes
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Melnbach, Müllenbach,
Sebesu Sasesc
Location:
- Country: Romania
- West of Sibiu
- Postal-Code: 2575
Population:
- 1749: settlers from Baden-Durlach arrive
- 1771: settlers from Baden-Hanau arrive
- 1786: 3154
- 1910: 8073
- 1940: 2221 Lutherans
- 1992: 29,713
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 278 members.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Muhlbach
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1657-1816; M: 1665-1815; D:
1660-1815
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1344063; 1200586-87
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Gemeindeblatt (weekly newspaper), 1923-1933, FHL Microfilm Nr.:
1200586-7
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1245 as Malenbach
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Ortsgeschichte
- Birthplace of the African explorer, Franz Binder (1820-1875), and
the writer, Joseph Marlin (1824-1848)
- Spelling with diacritics: Sebes,
Village Names:
- German: Nadesch
- Hungarian: Szásznádas
- Official: Nades
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 12 km south of Balauseri, 10 km north of Hetiur
- Postal-Code: 3077
Population:
- 1786: 1206
- 1910: 1514
- 1940: 1295 Lutherans
- 1966: 1435
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 33 members and is now served
from Sighisoara.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Nadesch
- Church records available at FHL: M: 1880-1943; D: 1871-1943
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417967
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Szasz Nadas
- FHL Microfilm Nr: 1529951, item 1
- Leipzig archives: M: 1880-1943; D: 1871-1943
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1301
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Centre of a huge natural gas reservoir
- Birthplace of the botanist Franz Friedrich Fronius (1829-1853)
- Spelling with diacritics: Nades,
Village Names:
- German: Neithausen
- Hungarian: Nethus
- Official: Netus
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 16 km northeast of Agnita, 4 km southwest of Bradeni
- Postal-Code: 2497
Population:
- 1786: 590
- 1910: 532
- 1940: 449 Lutherans
- 1966: 664
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 7 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1309
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Spelling with diacritics: Netus,
Village Names:
- German: Neppendorf
- Hungarian: Kistorony
- Official: Turnisor
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Western suburb of Sibiu
- Postal-Code: 2410
Population:
- 1786: 855
- 1910: 2824
- 1940: 3774 Lutherans
- 1990: 6800
- On 31.12.1995, the Lutheran community had 237 members; on 31.12.1998,
156 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Neppendorf
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1694-1870; M: 1694-1867; D:
1694-1859
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1343702
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Hermannstadt city archives:
B: 1694-1836
M: 1709-1738, 1740-1836
D: 1703-1715, 1717, 17226-1738, 1740-1836
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1327
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Neppendorfer Blätter [1991])
- Landlersiedlung
/ Landler community
)
- Neppendorf - Online
)
- Kis-torony = small tower (Hungarian)
- Supplied Sibiu with its flowers and fresh vegetables
- Spelling with diacritics: Turnis,or
Heimatbücher:
- Das Landler Buch (author unknown). Hermannstadt, Honterus-Buchdruckerei
und Verlagsanstalt, 1940.
- Großau. (Pfarrer Michael Henning)
- Großpold. (Pfarrer Gerhard Schaser)
- Neppendorf. (M. Nuß)
- Zum Besten der Abgebrannten in Neppendorf Hermannstadt. Gedichte.
[E: The best about the burned out ones of......]. (Charles Boner). Translator:
Johann Karl Schuller. Steinhausen, 1864.
- Neppendorf: Geschichte eines deutschen Dorfes in Siebenbürgen.
[E: ....History of a German village in Transylvania]. (Helmut Klima).
In: Deutsche Forschungen im Südosten. Jg. 2, S. 118-146, 1943, Hermannstadt
- Neppendorf: Heimatbuch, 1998??
Village Names:
- German: Neudorf
- Hungarian: Szászújfalu
- Official: Nou
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 3 km west of Rosia, 16 km east of Sibiu
- Postal-Code: 2478
Population:
- 1786: 830
- 1910: 1152
- 1940: 411 Lutherans
- 1990: 1890
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 6 members; it joined with
Rothberg in 1978
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Hermannstadt city archvies: B: 1734-1819; M: 1734-1836; D: 1734-1819
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1332 as Nova VIlla
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
Village Names:
- German: Neudorf
- Hungarian: Apaujfalu
- Official: Nou Sasesc
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 14 km south of Laslea
- Postal-Code: 3134
Population:
- 1345: burned down except for 5 farms as a result of a fight between
Saxons
- 1658: burned down by Tatars
- 1786: 651
- 1910: 976
- 1940: 880 Lutherans
- 1966: 1126
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 126 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1305, as property of Hungarian noble family Apafi
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- The baptismal font is made from a single piece of oak
- Spelling with diacritics: Nou Sa^sesc
Village Names:
- German: Neumarkt
- Hungarian: Marosvásárhely
- Official: Tirgu Mures
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Nai-Muark, Mures-Osorhei,
Neumarkt an der Mieresch, Szeklerneumarkt, Marktstadt
Location:
- Country: Romania
- South of Bistrita, north of Fagaras
- Postal-Code: 4300
Population:
- 1786: 5934
- 1910: 23,728
- 1940: 501 Lutherans (Lutheran community began in the 19th century)
- 1992: 163,625 (555 Germans)
- 31.12.1995: Since 1944 the German Lutherans have been part of the
city's Hungarian Evangelical community.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Neumarkt
- Church records available at FHL: BMD: military personnel only 1854-1855
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1454422
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1332 as Agropolis and Novum Forum Siculorum
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG: ?
- Had its own Catholic priest in 1332
- Capital and cultural centre of the Szeklers; had 30 guilds for
its Hungarian and Saxon craftsmen in the 17th century; has a university
- Spelling with diacritics: Ti^rgu Mures, Mures,-Os,orhei
-
Marosvasarhely
(English)
Heimatbücher:
- Beitrag zu einer Chronik der ev. Kirchengemeinde A.B. Neumarkt am
Mieresch in Siebenbürgen. [E: Contribution to a chronicle of the Lutheran
church community .... in Transylvania]. (Helmut Czoppelt). Ingolstadt,
1973. Manuskript. [G]
Village Names:
- German: Neustadt
- Hungarian: Ujváros
- Official: Noistat
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Baia Mare
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 1 km from Netus, northeast of Agnita
- Postal-Code: 2497
Population:
- 1786: 590
- 1910: 688
- 1940: 542 Lutherans
- 1966: 826
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 19 members and is now served
from Schönberg.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Founded: 11-12th centuries
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Spelling with diacritics: Nois,tat
Village Names:
- German: Neustadt
- Hungarian: Keresztényfalva
- Official: Cristian
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Noscht
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 10 km southwest of Brasov
- Postal-Code: 2218
- Railroad station: Cristian
Population:
- 1786: 2078
- 1910: 2862
- 1940: 1966 Lutherans
- 1980: 5000
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 148 members and is now served
from Wolkendorf.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1362
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Neustädter Nachrichten [1957])
- Ortsgenealoge
- Ortsgeschichte
- Has the oldest oak trees in the Burzenland
- Brick and ceramic factories, stone quarries, coal mines
Heimatbücher:
- Das Leben auf dem Bauernhof in meiner Heimatgemeinde Neustadt in
den 20er Jahren. [E: Life on a farm in my home community.... in the 1920s].
(Andreas Porr). Herten, Selbstverlag, 1985. 122 S. [G]
- Neustadt im Burzenland. (HOG, Günther Hergetz). Thaur, Verlagshaus
Thaur, 1997. 77 S. [G]
- Denkmaltopographie Siebenbürgen Band 3.4: Stadt Zeiden, Neustadt,
Schirkanyen, Wolkendorf [E: Topography of Monuments ...] (Christoph Machat)
Heidelberg 2002. 350 S. Buch: ISBN 3-929848-30-9 € 49,-; CD ROM € 16,-
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Arbeitskreis für Siebenbürgische
Landeskunde, Schloss Horneck, 74831 Gundelsheim
Village Names:
- German: Nieder Eidisch
- Hungarian: Alsoidecs
- Official: Ideciu de Jos
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 8 km north of Reghin
- Postal-Code: 4241
Population:
- 1786: 709
- 1910: 1016
- 1940: 1077 Lutherans
- 1966: 960
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 43 members and is a filial
parish of Sächsisch Regen.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Nieder Eidisch
- Church records available at FHL: BMD: 1720-1944
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944362, 0499327-9
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Also Idecs
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1536776, item 4
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1319 as castrum Ydech
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Known for its vegetables, especially onions
Heimatbücher:
- Heimatbuch Nieder-Eidesch. Schicksal einer sächsischen Gemeinde
in Nordsiebenbürgen. [E: Heritage book ....: Fate of a Saxon community
in north Transylvania]. (Michael Leprich, Hrsg.) Thaur/Innsbruck, Wort
und Welt Verlag, 1992. 301 S. (Schriftenreihe der Sieb.-Sächs. Stiftung,
Bd. 5). [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Michael Leprich, Schillerstr.
7, 97228 Rottendorf, GERMANY.
Village Names:
- German: Nimesch
- Hungarian: Nemes
- Official: Nemsa
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Niemesch
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 14 km southeast of Medias
- Postal-Code: 3153
Population:
- 1786: 425
- 1910: 536
- 1940: 543 Lutherans
- 1966: 632
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 18 members and is served
from Reichesdorf and Almen.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1359
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Known for its pottery, light blue on a light or dark background,
and excellent wine
- Spelling with diacritics: Nems,a
Village Names:
- German: Nußbach
- Hungarian: Szászmagyarós
- Official: Maierus
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Nassbich, Naspach
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 30 km north of Brasov
- Postal-Code:
Population:
- 1541: 57 heads of households
- 1556: apparently 125 heads of households
- 1786: 1044
- 1910: 1614
- 1940: 1103 Lutherans
- 1966: 1902
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 143 members and is served
from Brasov (Bartholomae).
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Founded: approximately 1211 but documented in 1377 as "Villa nucum"
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG Homepage
; publishes Nussbach-Nussblatt im Burzenland [1988]
- Ortsgenealoge
- Spelling with diacritics: Ma^ierus
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