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Village Names:
- German: Sächsisch Regen
- Hungarian: Szászrégen
- Official: Reghin
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Reen
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Northeast Transylvania
- Postal-Code: 4225
Population:
- 1786: 3307
- 1910: 8905
- 1940: 2508 Lutherans
- 1992: 38,985
- 1992: 344 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Szasz Regen
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1536777, item 4
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1228 as Regun ; 1403 as decanatus Pluvia (Latin: pluvia
= rain)
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- Ortsgenealoge
- Market town privileges in wood, leather, grain, livestock
- Its importance stems from its location at the intersection of trade
routes to Klausenburg, Bistritz, Toplita, Sovata and Neumarkt a.d. Mieresch
- 12 Regeners studied at the university of Cracow between 1472-1517.
- Town was burned down during the 1848/9 Revolution
Heimatbücher:
- Erinnerungen an Sächsisch-Regen. [E: Memories of.....](Helmut Czoppelt).
Ingolstadt, 1981. [G]
- Reen und die Reener. Aufzeichnungen über eine Stadt in Nordsiebenbürgen.
[E: ...and the Reener. Notes on a city in north Transylvania]. (Helmut
Keller). München, 1982. [G]
- Sächsisch-Regen. Die Stadt am Berge. Lebensbilder aus der Vergangenheit
einer kleinen Stadt in Siebenbürgen. [E: ....The city at the hill. Life
pictures from the past of a small city in Transylvania]. (Ernst Philippi,
Wigant Weltzer). Bochum, Schürmann & Klagges, 1991. 472 S. 50,- DM/350
ÖS, (SZ 15.11.96) [G, IfA, MOB]
Village Names:
- German: Salzburg
- Hungarian: Vizakna
- Official: Ocna Sibiului
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 7 km north of Sura Mica on road 106B, 12 km northwest of Sibiu
- Postal-Code: 2459
Population:
- 1786: 2934
- 1910: 3515
- 1940: 72 Lutherans
- 1990: 6000
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1263
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- Camping area, 10 lakes, health spa (based on the salt baths) as
well as an agricultural and manufacturing centre
- In one lake, the surface temperature is 30 deg. C., increasing to
46 deg. C. at a depth of 2 metres
Village Names:
- German: Sankt Georgen
- Hungarian: Sepsiszentgyórgy
- Official: Sfintu Gheorghe
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Gergen, Gergesmarkt
Location:
- Country: Romania
- north of Brasov
- Postal-Code: 4000
Population:
- 1658: almost totally detroyed by the Tatars
- 1786: 826
- 1910: 2952
- 1935: 1120 (882 Saxons)
- 1985: 65,858
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1332
- Centre of the Hungarian Szeklers
- Szekler museum (built by architect Károly Kós) with history/culture,
science and ethnography sections
- Spelling with diacritics: Sfi^ntu Gheorghe
Village Names:
- German: Sankt Georgen
- Hungarian: Szászszentgyörgy
- Official: Singeorgiu Nou
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Singeorzu Nu, Singeorzu
Sasesc, Sächsisch Sankt Georgen
Location:
- Country: Romania
- South of Lechinta, northwest of Teaca
- Postal-Code: 4456
Population:
- 1602/5: devastated by the plague
- 1786: 753
- 1910: 1032
- 1940: 881 Lutherans
- 1966: 1412
- since 1978: no Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1320 as Sanctus Georgius
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Most southerly Saxon community in the Nösnerland
- wine growing region
- Depicted as "S. Jorgen" on Honterus' map of 1532
Heimatbücher:
- Heimatbuch Sächsisch-Sankt Georgen. Die Geschichte einer sächsischen
Gemeinde im Nösnergau in Siebenbürgen. [E: Heritage book.....The history
of a Saxon community in the Nösnergau in Transylvania]. (Hanspeter Zehner,
ed.). Gefördert vom Sieb.-Sächs. Kulturrat aus Mitteln der Sieb.-Sächs.
Stiftung, Emmendingen, 1987. 336 S. 46,- DM / ÖS 336, ISBN 3-922282-06-7.
[MOB, G, IfA]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Hanspeter Zehner, Brunnenstr.
34a, 79312 Emmendingen, GERMANY
Village Names:
- German: Sankt Martin
- Hungarian: Dics&oulm;szentmárton
- Official: Tirnaveni
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Diciosinmartin, Tarnaveni,
Martinskirch, Mierteskirch
Location:
- Country: Romania
- between Blaj and Balauseri
- Postal-Code: 3225
Population:
- 1786: 927
- 1910: 1212
- 1992: 30,263 (214 Germans)
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Dicso Szent
Marton
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529950, item 3
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1278
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- Painted cassette ceiling in Unitarian church is by master carpenter,
Samuel Kövesdi
- Spelling with diacritics: Ti^rnave^ni
Village Names:
- German: Schaal
- Hungarian: Sálya
- Official: Soala
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 7 km east of Agirbiciu, south of Copsa Mica
- Postal-Code: 3156
Population:
- 1786: 482
- 1910: 883
- 1940: 517 Lutherans
- 1966: 614
- 1992: 12 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 16 March 1331 as "Saal"
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Many houses have inscriptions on their gables
- Spelling with diacritics: S,oala
Village Names:
- German: Schaas
- Hungarian: Segesd
- Official: Saes
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 9 km south of Sighisoara, 6 km north of Apold
- Postal-Code: 3080
Population:
- 1786: 777
- 1910: 982
- 1940: 727 Lutherans
- 1966: 1333
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Schaas
- Church records available at FHL: BMD: 1819-1870
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417970
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Leipzig archives: BMD: 1819-1870
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1302
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Name possibly derived from Hungarian "seges" = lee side of hill
- Spelling with diacritics: S,aes,
Heimatbücher:
- Schaas: eine siebenbürgische Gemeinde im Schäßburger Bergland.
[E: ...a Transylvanian community in the Schäßburg mountain area]. (Martin
Binder, Heinz Heltmann). May 2000. 872 Seiten/pages, 312 Abbildungen/illustrations.
95,-DM. ISBN: 3-932043-21-9. Order address/Bezugsadresse: Martin Binder,
Am Mühlschuß 4, 85221 Dachau, Germany. Konto Martin Binder, Kontonummer
43521, Sparkasse Dachau, BLZ 700 515 40. (SZ 15.1.99, S.22; 20.3.2000,
S. 16)
Village Names:
- German: Scharosch
- Hungarian: Nagysáros
- Official: Soars
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Groß Scharosch, Schars
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 13 km north of Fagaras
- Postal-Code: 2324
Population:
- 1488: 38 heads of households
- 1786: 857
- 1910: 1122
- 1940: 804 Lutherans
- 1966: 1030
- 1992: 95 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Settled in 12th century by Franks from the Mosel river area; documented
1206 as villa Sars
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Ortsgeschichte
- Spelling with diacritics: S,oars,
Village Names:
- German: Scharosch
- Hungarian: Szászsáros
- Official: Saros pe Tirnave
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Sarus, Schars, Sarusz
Location:
- Country: Romania
- just west of Dumbraveni
- Postal-Code: 3131
Population:
- 1532: 121 heads of households
- March 31, 1605: razed and plundered by Count Stephan Bocskai's soldiers
- 1786: 857
- 1910: 1422
- 1940: 1180 Lutherans
- 1966: 1541
- 1992: 31 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Scharosch
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1728-1944; M: 1764-1943; D:
1728-1944
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417943-48
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Leipzig archives: B: 1728-1944; M: 1764-1943; D: 1728-1944, with
gaps
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1283
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Hungarian "sáros" = moor
- Spelling with diacritics: S,aros, pe Tirnave
- Name changes: Großscharsz on 1532 map of Honterus
Village Names:
- German: Schäßburg
- Hungarian: Segesvár
- Official: Sighisoara
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Schespurch, Seguswar,
Zegiswar, Schäsbrich
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Northeast of Sibiu, northwest of Brasov
- Postal-Code: 1280
Population:
- 1603: 2000 die of the plague
- 1709: 4000 die of the plague
- 1786: 5517
- 1910: 11,570
- 1940: 5810 Lutherans
- 1992: 35,940 (1367 Germans)
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Founded by Germans in the mid 12th century; documented 1280 as
Castrum Sex
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Schäßburger Nachrichten [1994])
- Ortsgenealoge: has almost complete set of church registers
-
Joachim Fabini Homepage
- Zeittafel
/ timeline
- Known as the "Rothenburg of Transylvania"
- 1406: Johannes filius Henrici de Schessberg enrolls at the university
of Vienna
- 1585: the school rector, Stephan Schwarz, was paid 30 Gulden a year
(and loaned 75 Gulden); the city organist, 34 Gulden; the 4 civil servants
each 24 Gulden, the city's trumpeter, 34 Gulden; the master of the baths,
12 Gulden; the city's midwife, 3 Gulden
- The 300 step "Schülertreppe", still used by students today (though
now only 175 steps) was built in 1642 and connects the lower town to the
Bergschule on the hill
- Spelling with diacritics: Sighis,oara
- Name changes: Seguswar (1300), Zegiswar (1309), and others
Heimatbücher:
- Sighisoara, un oras medieval. (Erich Dubowy). Bukarest, Ed. Tehnica,
1957. 196 Seiten.
- Die Bergkirche zu Schäßburg und die mittelalterliche Baukirche in
Siebenbürgen. (Christoph Machat). München, Südostdt. Kulturwerk, 1977.
200 Seiten. (Veröffentlichungen des Südostdeutschen Kulturwerks, Reihe
B, 34).
- Bilder aus Vergangenheit und Gegenwart einer siebenbürgischen Stadt.
[E: Pictures from the past and present of a Transylvanian city]. (Hrsg.:
Schäßburger Nachbarschaft). Heilbronn, Heft I, 1988; Heft II, 1991.
[G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Fritz Breihofer, Riedweg 27, 74078
Heilbronn, GERMANY
- Schäßburg - die Stadt am Berge. Lebensbilder aus der Vergangenheit
einer kleinen Stadt in Siebenbürgen. [E: ....- the city at the hill. Life
pictures from the past of a small city in Transylvania]. (EH Philippi,
W Weltzer). München, Edition Wort und Welt Verlag. 472 S.
- Schäßburg. Bild einer siebenbürgischen Stadt. [E: ....Picture of
a Transylvanian city]. (Hans Heinz Brandsch, Heinz Heltmann, Walter Lingner).
(Schriftenreihe der Sieb.-Sächs. Stiftung, Bd. 15). 1994. 1. Auflage
vergriffen; 2. Auflage, 1998; 68,- DM. Ca. 416 S., 354 Bilder, 170 x 250
mm. Order address/Bezugsadresse: Verlag Rautenberg, Blinke 8, 26787 Leer,
Germany
- Bildband Schäßburg aus Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. [E: Illustrated
work.....past and present]. (Hans Heinz Brandsch, Heinz Heltmann, Walter
Lingner). 36 S. Text, 540 Bilder. 38,- DM.
Order address/Bezugsadresse für beide Bücher: Walter Lingner,
Saganer Weg 36, 40627 Düsseldorf, GERMANY / Isa Leonhardt, Feuchtwanger
Str. 14, 91522 Ansbach
- Denkmaltopographie Siebenbürgen - Topografia monumentelor din Transilvania,
Stadt Schäßburg. [E: Topography of Monuments in ... Town ...] (Christoph
Machat, Corina Popa u.a.) Kulturdenkmäler Siebenbürgens Bd. 4. Rheinland-Verlag
Pulheim 2002. 218 S. ISBN 3-7929-1858-8. € 24,50
Village Names:
- German: Schelken
- Hungarian: Zselyk
- Official: Jeica
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Selk
Location:
- Country: Romania
- South of Bistrita, 6 km south of Mariselu, 6 km southwest of Albestii
Bistritei
- Postal-Code: 4422
Population:
- 1940: 604 Lutherans; has belonged to the Hungarian Lutheran church
since 1941/44
- 1966: 502
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Zselyk
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1853/1864?-1899; M: 1864-1910;
D: 1864-1905
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944357
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1332
- A Saxon village until 1241, then settled by Hungarians
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
Village Names:
- German: Schellenberg
- Hungarian: Sellenberk, Selimbé
- Official: Selimbar
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 6 km south of Sibiu on DN1/7
- Postal-Code: 2428
Population:
- 1438, 1442, 1457, 1479, 1493: attacked by the Turks
- 1529: burned down by Count Zapolya's soldiers
- 1599: battle between the Wallachian, Michael the Brave and Andreas
Báthory
- 1786: 654
- 1910: 734
- 1940: 738 Lutherans
- 1990: 2215
- 1992: 81 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Hermannstadt city archives: B: 1669-1813; M: 1743-1744; D: 1741-1813
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1323
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Spelling with diacritics: S,elimb^r
Village Names:
- German: Schirkanyen
- Hungarian: Sárkány
- Official: Sercaia
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Schirkonyen, Serpeni,
Scharken
Location:
- Country: Romania
- about 14 km east of Fagaras on the highway
- Postal-Code: 2261
Population:
- 1786: 1184
- 1910: 1447
- 1940: 806 Lutherans
- 1966: 2035
- 1996: 31 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Sarkany
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529971, item 1
Miscellaneous:
- Founded by the Teutonic Order of Knights; documented 1235 as Sárkám
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Ortsgeschichte
- Post office since 1736
- 3 market days annually
- Spelling with diacritics: S,ercaia
Heimatbücher:
- Das Dorf am Bach. Erinnerungen an Schirkanyen in Siebenbürgen.
[E: The village at the spring. Memories of.... in Transylvania]. (Rudolf
Königes). München, Littera Verlag, 1986. 160 S. [G, MOB]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Rudolf Königes, Whistlerweg
10, 81479 München, GERMANY.
- 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: Schlatt
- Hungarian: Szászzalatna
- Official: Zlagna
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Northwest of Agnita, 6 km north of Ighisu Vechi
- Postal-Code: 2484
Population:
- 1786: 374
- 1910: 617
- 1940: 368 Lutherans
- 1966: 511
- 1992: 16 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1318
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Villagers were required to work for their landlord 3 days per week
from 1560 to 1865
Heimatbücher:
- Schlatt: Chronik der Gemeinde Schlatt (Zlagna) aus Siebenbürgen.
Recherchen und Erinnerungen. [E: ....chronicle of the community.... from
Transylvania. Researches and memories]. (Simon Binder). Ingolstadt, 1998.
54 S. [G]
Village Names:
- German: Schmiegen
- Hungarian: Somogyon
- Official: Smig
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 4 km north of Dirlos, west of Dumbraveni
- Postal-Code: 3144
Population:
- 1935: 816 (71 Saxons)
- 1940: 75 Lutherans; filial community of Durles
- 1966: 1019
- 1992: 3 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Somogyom
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529950, item 2
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1317
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (??)
- Church was rebuilt in 1859 with donations from all Saxon communities
- Spelling with diacritics: S,mig
Village Names:
- German: Scholten
- Hungarian: Szászcsanád
- Official: Cenade
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 7 km southwest of Lunca, southeast of Blaj
- Postal-Code: 3185
Population:
- 1786: 1029
- 1910: 1436
- 1940: 905 Lutherans
- 1966: 1777
- 1996: 50 Saxons
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1301
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Ortsgeschichte
- Belonged to the monastery of Egresch, then to the Banffy family
Village Names:
- German: Schönau
- Hungarian: Szépmezö
- Official: Sona
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Schienen, Schönen
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 8 km west of Jidvei, 11 km east of Blaj
- Postal-Code: 3186
Population:
- 1664: burned down
- 1786: 699
- 1910: 870
- 1940: 1317 Lutherans
- 1966: 1440
- 1995: 30 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Szepmezo
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529949, item 4; 1536776, item 1
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1252
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Ortsgeschichte
- Preserved church bell from 1647 by Gustav Unten from Brunswig
- Spelling with diacritics: S,ona
Heimatbücher:
- Das Dorf an der kleinen Kokel. [E: The village at the small Kokel].
(Mathias Theil). Vervielfältigtes Typoskript, o. J. 228+46 S. [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Johann Theil, Adolf Hauserstr.
1, 65929 Frankfurt, GERMANY
- Schönau Heimatbuch. (HOG Schönau). Dezember 1998 ?
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Hans Gogesch, Birkenweg 13,
85114 Buxheim, GERMANY
Village Names:
- German: Schönberg
- Hungarian: Lesses
- Official: Dealu Frumos
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Schynebarch, Soenenbergk,
Schyn Bergk
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 4 km from Merghindeal, 4 km east of Agnita
- Postal-Code: 2492
Population:
- 1500: 51 heads of households
- 1786: 923
- 1910: 1196
- 1940: 842 Lutherans
- 1966: 1021
- 1998: 35 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Probably founded about 1150; documented 1280 as Pulchromonte
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- According to a sign at the Schönberger hill, this is the geographical
centre of Rumania
Heimatbücher:
- Schönberg - ein siebenbürgisch-sächsisches Dorf. [E: .... - a
Transylvanian-Saxon village]. (Sibille Reiner). Bad Kreuznach, Lina-Hilger
Gymnasium, Facharbeit, 1987/88. Typoscript. 23 S. [G]
- Schönberger Heimatbuch [E: ... Village Book]. (Martin Schnabel).
Ludwigsburg 2002. 225 S. € 30,-
Order address/Bezugsadresse:
Martin Schnabel
oder Michael Schneider
Village Names:
- German: Schönbirk
- Hungarian: Szépnyir
- Official: Sigmir
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Zapen, Zaipm, Chichmar,
Stipur, Zynir, Zippendorf
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Just west of and now part of Bistrita
- Postal-Code: 4466
Population:
- 1786: 365
- 1910: 561
- 1940: 483 Lutherans
- 1966: 648
- 1992: 69 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Schonbirk
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1743-1950; MD: 1743-1951
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944337-38
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1332
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Ortsgeschichte
- Evangelical church built in 1796 was sold to the Greek Orthodox
community in 1965
- Name changes: about 55 more than are listed above!
Heimatbücher:
- Liedersammlung, Spiele der Jugend: Broschüre zu Verlorene Heimat
Nordsiebenbürgen. [E: Song collection, children's games....]. (Hanspeter
Zehner). Denzlingen, Furtwängler, 1989. 37 Seiten.
- Schönbirker Heimatbuch. Ein Gang durch die Geschichte eines kleinen
sächsischen Dorfes im Nösnergau in Siebenbürgen. [E: ....heritage book.
A walk through the history of a small Saxon village in the Nösnergau in
Transylvania]. (Hanspeter Zehner und die Nachbarschaft Schönbirk).
Vöcklabruck, Eigenverlag der Nachbarschaft Schönbirk, 1981. 272 S. [G, MOB].
Inkl. Namenliste aber keine Daten von Sept 1944 / includes names of villagers
but no birthdates, as of Sept. 1944.
- Verlorene Heimat Nordsiebenbürgen. Gemarkungsprozesse des 18. und
19. Jahrhunderts von Bistritz, Schönbirk, Heidendorf und Ungersdorf.
Konskriptionen und Landesaufnahme des 18. Jahrhunderts in Schönbirk. [E:
Lost homeland North Transylvania. Boundary processes of the 18th and
19th centuries of......Conscription lists and topography of the 18th
century in ....] (Hanspeter Zehner). Gefördert u.a. vom Sieb.-Sächs.
Kulturrat aus Mitteln der Sieb.-Sächs. Stiftung. Eigenverlag, 1989. [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Hanspeter Zehner, Brunnenstr.
34a, 79312 Emmendingen, GERMANY
Village Names:
- German: Schorsten
- Hungarian: Sorostély
- Official: Sorostin
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Schoresten
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 6 km south of Tapu, southwest of Copsa Mica
- Postal-Code: 3164
Population:
- 1589: had a teacher
- 1786: 681
- 1910: 763
- 1940: 522 Lutherans
- 1966: 1410
- 1995: 8 Saxons
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Sorostely
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529956, item 1
Miscellaneous:
- Probably founded about 1280; documented 1311 as "de camino", i.e.
chimney; in German "Schornstein"
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Ortsgeschichte
- Once the property of the monastery of Egresch, finally bought by
Michael Teleki
- Spelling with diacritics: S,oros,tin
Heimatbücher:
- Heimatbuch über die Gemeinde Schorsten in Siebenbürgen - Rumänien.
[E: Heritage book on the community.... in Transylvania - Rumania]. (Samuel
Liebhart). Homburg, Eigenverlag, 1994. 136 S. [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Samuel Liebhart, Am Kehrberg
4, 66424 Homburg, GERMANY.
Village Names:
- German: Schweischer
- Hungarian: Sövényseg
- Official: Fiser
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- on DN 13, 10 km south of Bunesti and 8 km north of Rupea
- Postal-Code: 3019
Population:
- 1786: 627
- 1910: 751
- 1940: 659 Lutherans
- 1966: 703
- 1995: 5 Saxons
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1452
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Ortsgeschichte
- Former parsonage is now a retirement home.
- Sövény (Hungarian) = hedge
- Spelling with diacritics: Fis,er
Heimatbücher:
- Licht- und Schattenzeiten eines Dorfes aus Siebenbürgen: Schweischer
(Vicus Helvetiorum). [E: Light and shadows of a village in Transylvania:
.... ] (Rose Schmidt). Gefördert von der HOG Schweischer. Thaur/Innsbruck,
Wort und Welt Verlag, 1992. 208 S. (Schriftenreihe der Sieb.-Sächs. Stiftung,
Bd. 8). [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Rose Schmidt, Am Holzbuckel 44,
71566 Althütte, GERMANY.
Village Names:
- German: Seiburg
- Hungarian: Zsiberk
- Official: Jibert
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Syburg
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 6 km east of Lovnic, 14 km west of Rupea
- Postal-Code: 3030
Population:
- 1786: 1274
- 1910: 1360
- 1940: 991 Lutherans
- 1966: 1087
- 1992: 145 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Inhabited since prehistoric times; documented 1289 as "villa Syberg"
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Seiburger Brief [1998])
- Ortsgenealoge
Heimatbücher:
- Seiburg in Siebenbürgen. Ein Heimatbuch. [E: ....in Transylvania.
A heritage book]. (Martin Guist, Ilse Depner, et al). Bad Soden, Selbstverlag
der HOG Seiburg, 1991. 244 S. [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Martin Guist, Kirschkamp 22,
51674 Wiehl-Drabenderhöhe, GERMANY.
Village Names:
- German: Seiden
- Hungarian: Zsidve
- Official: Jidvei
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Seibrich
Location:
- Country: Romania
- West of Tirnaveni, east of Blaj
- Postal-Code: 3191
Population:
- 1786: 1084
- 1910: 1286
- 1940: 1129 Lutherans
- 1966: 1427
- 1992: 145 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Seiden
- Church records available at FHL: BMD: 1699-1835
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0833341
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Sitve
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529980, item 1
- Ancestral File: check under "Barth" and families related to this
surname
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1309
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Seidener Det Weimerblatt [1987])
- Ortsgenealoge
- Ortsgeschichte
- Known throughout Rumania for its vineyards.
- Name is derived from old German personal name "Sido"
Heimatbücher:
- Brot mit Speck und Zwiebel. Eine siebenbürgische Lebensgeschichte.
(Fredrick H. Barth). Neustadt, Degener Verlag, 1980. 394 S. ISBN 3-7686-4088-4.
[G]
English edition: A Transylvanian life story. 1979. 301 p.
Copies still available in both languages from the author:
Fred H. Barth
- Zur Ortsgeschichte von Seiden. [E: On the history of ....] (Friedrich
Orendi) 1. Teil, 1992, 309 S.; 2. Teil, 1994, 217 S. Vervielfältigtes
Typoskript. [G]
Village Names:
- German: Seligstadt
- Hungarian: Boldogváros
- Official: Selistat
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 6 km west of Barcut, east of Agnita
- Postal-Code: 2327
Population:
- 1488: 34 heads of households
- 1786: 664
- 1910: 733
- 1930: 752 (413 Germans)
- 1940: 503 Lutherans
- 1966: 507
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1206 as villa militum
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Spelling with diacritics: Selis,tat
Heimatbücher:
- Unsere alte Heimat in Siebenbürgen. Die Geschichte der Seligstädter
Sachsen im Schenker Stuhl, Siebenbürgen-Rumänien. [E: Our old homeland
in Transylvania. The history of the Saxons of ... in the Schenker Seat,
Transylvania-Rumania]. (Erich-Johann Lukas). Schorndorf, 1994. 201 S.
[G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Erich-Johann Lukas, Sommerrain
14, 73614 Schorndorf, GERMANY.
Village Names:
- German: Senndorf
- Hungarian: Kiszsolna
- Official: Jelna
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Solna, Sellendorf,
Zsolna
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 7 km south of Bistrita
- Postal-Code: 4463
Population:
- 1786: 706
- 1910: 585
- 1940: 531 Lutherans
- 1966: 577
- 1992: 3 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Solna
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1794-1927; MD: 1794-1812
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944360; film contains entries from other villages
in the district
- Also Family book from 1838
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1264 as Zolosim
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- First church built in 1483, destroyed by General Basta's soldiers
in 1602, rebuilt 1617. Rumanians have bought the tower and installed
it on their Orthodox church.
Heimatbücher:
- Senndorf in Siebenbürgen. Ein Heimatbuch. (Georg Böhm). Ried,
Landesverlag, 1985. 120 S. [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Georg Böhm, Fornacherstr. 8,
A-4890 Frankenmarkt, Austria.
Village Names:
- German: Sommerburg
- Hungarian: Szászszombor
- Official: Jimbor
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Summerbruch
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 6 km northeast of Mercheasa, northeast of Rupea
- Postal-Code: 3028
Population:
- 1940: 758 Lutherans; changed to Hungarian church after 1941
- 1966: 828
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1332
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- Ortsgenealoge
- a Rumanian-Hungarian community
Village Names:
- German: Stein
- Hungarian: Garát
- Official: Dacia
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Stena
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Equidistant between Jibert and Rupea
- Postal-Code: 3090
Population:
- 1488: German school
- 1640: 358 horses (people as well of course!)
- 1786: 960
- 1910: 1244
- 1940: 712 Lutherans
- 1966: 1140
- 1992: 50 Germans
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 (publishes Steiner Gruß [1996])
- Ortsgenealoge
- Located by an old Roman road
- Derived from "Henricus de Lapide" (=Stein = stone)
- Spelling with diacritics: S,tena
Heimatbücher:
- Stein in Siebenbürgen. (Katharina Gaadt, Anna Janesch, Heinz Kellner,
hrsg. im Auftrag der Steiner Nachbarschaft in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland).
Thaur/Innsbruck, Wort und Welt Verlag, 1994. 324 S. (Schriftenreihe der
Sieb.-Sächs. Stiftung, Bd. 10). (SZ 15.11.95) [G]
Village Names:
- German: Stolzenburg
- Hungarian: Szelindék
- Official: Slimnic
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Stulzenbrich
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 8 km north of Sura Mica, 15 km south of Seica Mica
- Postal-Code: 2444
Population:
- 1719: 242 die of the plague
- 1786: 1675
- 1910: 2383
- 1966: 3559
- 1992: no Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Hermannstadt city archives:
B: 1651-1814
M: 1655-1734, 1751-1814
D: 1654-1814
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1282
- Kirchenburg/church fortress: famous for its hilltop location
- HOG
- Birthplace of Lutheran minister, writer and historian, Johann Plattner
(1854-1942)
Heimatbücher:
- Stolzenburg: Skizzen aus seiner Vergangenheit. [E: .....sketches
from our past]. (Johann Plattner). Hermannstadt, 1907. 86 pages.
Village Names:
- German: Straßburg am Mieresch
- Hungarian: Nagyenyed
- Official: Aiud
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Engeten, Stroßbrich,
Groß Enyed
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Southwest of Ocna Mures and Turda
- Postal-Code: 3325
Population:
- 1786: 3897
- 1910: 3072
- 1940: 190 Lutherans
- 1985: 29,036
- 31.12.1995: Lutheran community had 22 members and is served from
Blutrot or Karlsburg.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1293
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- Name derived from St. Egidius; built on site of former Roman settlement
"Brucla"
- School houses the natural history museum with a numismatic collection,
ethnography section and an old school library (over 60,000 volumes)
- Aiud webpage
(English)
Village Names:
- German: Streitfort
- Hungarian: Mirkvásár
- Official: Mercheasa
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Stretfert, Stritfordia,
Streiytforth, Strytfert
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 9 km northeast of Rupea, 6 km southwest of Jimbor
- Postal-Code: 3027
Population:
- 1786: 890
- 1910: 1171
- 1940: 725 Lutherans
- 1966: 792
- 1992: 51 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1400
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Ortsgeschichte
- The old German name means battle or forest crossing; the Hungarian,
"Mirko's market"
- Local specialty: bacon preserved in salt from the community's salt
spring
- Spelling with diacritics: Mercheas,a
Heimatbücher:
- Heimatbuch Streitfort in Siebenbürgen. (Michael Galz). Gundelsheim/Neckar,
HOG, 1997. 546 S., 89,- DM, ISBN 3-929848-08-2, Arbeitskreis für Siebenbürgische
Landeskunde, Schloß Horneck, Gundelsheim/Neckar. [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Herta Jobi, Dorfplatz 4, 74080
Heilbronn, GERMANY.
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