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Village Names:
- German: Talmesch
- Hungarian: Nagytalmács
- Official: Talmaciu
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Torteln
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 11 km southeast of Cisnadie, south of Sibiu
- Postal-Code: 2418
Population:
- 1786: 599
- 1910: 606
- 1940: 1010 Lutherans
- 1990: 5450
- 1992: 205 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Talmacs
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529979, item 1
- Hermannstadt city archives:
Evangelical Lutheran: B: 1665-1703, 1709-1837; M: 1666-1703, 1751-1837;
D: 1751-1837
Orthodox: M: 1793-1811
Miscellaneous:
- Founded: approximately 1200
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Talmescher Nachrichten [1988])
- Ortsgenealoge
- Has a cotton mill and thread factory
- Hungarian: tolmacs = translator
- Spelling with diacritics: Ta^lmaciu
Heimatbücher:
- Talmesch, die sächsische Gemeinde in Siebenbürgen, Rumänien. Bd.
1, 1200 bis 1939. [E: ....the Saxon community in Transylvania, Romania.
Bd. 1, 1200 to 1939]. (Friedrich Schneider). Wiesbaden, Eigenverlag, 1990.
401 S., 45,- DM. [G, IfA, MOB]
Village Names:
- German: Tarteln
- Hungarian: Kisprázsmár
- Official: Toarcla
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Tartlau
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 13 km southeast of Cincu
- Postal-Code: 2339
Population:
- 1488: 47 heads of households
- 1786: 615
- 1910: 1045
- 1940: 331 Lutherans
- 1966: 592
- 1992: no Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1329
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- With Braller, Gürteln, Kirchberg, Martinsberg, and Sachsenhausen,
located in the "Kampestwänkel", i.e. cabbage corner, as the area around
Agnita is called
Village Names:
- German: Tartlau
- Hungarian: Prázsmár
- Official: Prejmer
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Tarteln, Thartlen
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 15 km northeast of Brasov
- Postal-Code: 2241
Population:
- 1510: 230 heads of households
- 1786: 2782
- 1910: 3363
- 1940: 2599 Lutherans
- 1980: 9200
- 1992: 267 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Founded by the Teutonic Order of Knights; documented 1211
- Kirchenburg/church fortress: best preserved in East Europe
- HOG (publishes Das Tartlauer Wort [1982])
- Ortsgenealoge
- The village was destroyed almost 50 times by Tatars, Turks, Mongols,
Cossacks and Moldavians but the fortress conquered only once, in 1611,
by Gabriel Báthory
- Well known museum
- Between 1385 and 1988, community had 48 Catholic priests and Lutheran
ministers
Heimatbücher:
- Chronik von Tartlau im sächsischen Burzenland. [E: Chronicle of ....in
the Saxon Burzenland]. (Tomas Tartler, Martin Thieskes, Johann Teutsch).
Böblingen, 1988. 109 S. [G]
Village Names:
- German: Taterloch
- Hungarian: Felsotatárlaka
- Official: Tatirlaua
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Tatárlaka
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Southwest of Tirnaveni, east of Jidvei
- Postal-Code: 3156
Population:
- 1786: 525
- 1910: 813
- 1940: 383 Lutherans
- 1966: 1138
- 1992: no Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Tatarlaka
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1536776, item 2
Miscellaneous:
- Founded: 1332, probably by prisoners of the Tatars
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Spelling with diacritics: Ta^ti^rlaua
Village Names:
- German: Tatsch
- Hungarian: Tács
- Official: Tonciu
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Totsch
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 6 km south of Lechinta, southwest of Bistrita
- Postal-Code: 4421
Population:
- 1786: 539
- 1910: 463
- 1940: 171 Lutherans
- 1966: 467
- 1992: no Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1396 as Tocs
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- After being destroyed by General Basta's soldiers, the village lay
deserted for 2 decades before being settled by Hungarian Reformed families
in 1623, to be joined later by Saxons from neighbouring villages (presumably
from Lechnitz, Heidendorf, Wermesch, etc)
Heimatbücher:
- in Arbeit/in preparation (SZ 30.11.1998)
Village Names:
- German: Tekendorf
- Hungarian: Teke
- Official: Teaca
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Tekenderf, Dekendorf,
Deaca, Chiaca
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 8 km north of Lunca, south of Bistrita
- Postal-Code: 4427
Population:
- 1786: 1718
- 1850: 1749
- 1930: 887 Rumanians, 573 Magyars, 830 Germans, 114 Jews, 200 gypsies,
4 others
- 1940: 1086 Lutherans
- 1966: 2613
- 1992: 49 Germans
- Dec 1995: 39 Lutherans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Tekendorf
- Church records available at FHL: BD: 1868-1944; M: 1894-1943
- Family Book (1873-1943)
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944339-40
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1318
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Name origin: 1) from the Hungarian personal name, Teke; or 2) Theka
(Greek) = container; or 3) Deggendorf in Lower Bavaria
Heimatbücher:
- Tekendorf in Nordsiebenbürgen. Ortsmonographie. [E: .... in north
Transylvania. Village monograph]. (Ilse Schließleder-Fronius). Salzburg,
Selbstverlag, 1989. 407 S. [G, MOB]
Village Names:
- German: Thalheim
- Hungarian: Dolmány
- Official: Daia
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Duelmen, Dalmen
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Northeast of Sibiu, 16 km south of Vurpar
- Postal-Code: 2478
Population:
- 1786: 440
- 1910: 431
- 1940: 337 Lutherans
- 1990: 850
- 1992: 55 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Hermannstadt city archives:
B: 1689-1704, 1707-1747, 1750-1837
M: 1714-1743, 1750-1837
D: 1687, 1693-1704, 1714-1747, 1750-1837
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1327 as Calheim
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Oldest house, #127, was built in 1595
- Name changes: Duelmen (probably of Mosel-Frankish origin)
Village Names:
- German: Tobsdorf
- Hungarian: Táblás
- Official: Dupus
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: villa Tobiae, Thobisdorf,
Tobsdorff
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 5 km from Biertan
- Postal-Code: 3143
Population:
- 1532: 69 heads of households
- 1786: 416
- 1910: 542
- 1940: 503 Lutherans
- 1966: 498
- 1992: 25 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1267 as Thobiasfolua
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Name derived from the village's patron, St. Tobias
- The altar was a present of the Lutheran minister of Maldorf, Johannes
Welther.
- Spelling with diacritics: Dupus,
- Name changes: villa Tobiae (1359), Thobisdorf (1423), Tobsdorff (1532)
Village Names:
- German: Törnen
- Hungarian: Pókafalva
- Official: Pauca
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- South of Blaj, 6 km south of Rosia de Secas
- Postal-Code: 2449
Population:
- 1786: 780
- 1910: 1392
- 1940: 686 Lutherans
- 1966: 1683
- 1999: 740 Rumanians; the Lutheran community has approximately 40 Saxons
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm: Pokafalva
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529956, item 1
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1309
- Kirchenburg/church fortress: Evangelical Lutheran church was re-consecrated
on May 1, 1999
- Name derived from Latin "duae turres/duabus turribus" (2 towers)
- Spelling with diacritics: Pa^uca
Village Names:
- German: Trappold
- Hungarian: Apold
- Official: Apold
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Apold, Trappolden, Pold
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 15 km south of Sighisoara
- Postal-Code: 3081
Population:
- 1603: grasshopper plague
- 1604: overrun by General Basta's soldiers
- 1661: overrun by Kemeny's soldiers
- 1786: 900
- 1797 and 1872: fire
- 1802: earthquake
- 1910: 1182
- 1940: 757 Lutherans
- 1966: 1139
- 1996: 2 Saxons
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1271
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Ortsgeschichte
- Michael Albert (1836-1893), poet and writer, was born in house #265
- Name changes: Apold (1337), Trappolden (1500), Pold (1549)
Heimatbücher:
- Trappold. Ein siebenbürgisch-sächsisches Dorf und seine Geschichte.
[E: .... A Transylvanian-Saxon village and its history]. (Michael Lautner).
München, Verlag der Sieb.-Sächs. Stiftung, 1996. 202 S. (Schriftenreihe
der Sieb.-Sächs. Stiftung, Bd. 23). 38,- DM (SZ 15.11.96) [G]
Village Names:
- German: Treppen
- Hungarian: Szásztörpény
- Official: Tarpiu
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 14 km north of Bistrita
- Postal-Code: 4467
Population:
- 1786: 840
- 1910: 1059
- 1940: 913 Lutherans
- 1966: 982
- 1992: no Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Treppen
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1809-1944; MD: 1810-1942
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944341-42
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1332 but settled possibly before 1141
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (??) and Ortsgenealoge
- Until 1870, only Saxons lived here
- Törpény = by the dwarves (Magyar)
- Known for its onions
- Post-1948, 73 families had settled in north Vienna
- Spelling with diacritics: Ta^rpiu
Heimatbücher:
- Treppener Heimatbuch. Eine siebenbürgisch-sächsische Dorfgemeinschaft
auf ihrem Weg durch die Jahrhunderte. [E: ....heritage book. A Transylvanian-Saxon
community, their way through the centuries.]. (Johann Gottschick, Gerhard
Kelp). München, Eigenverlag des Hilfskomitee der Sieb. Sachsen im Diakonischen
Werk der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland, 1978. 184 S., 18,50 DM. [G,
MOB]
Village Names:
- German: Tschippendorf
- Hungarian: Csépány
- Official: Cepari
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Cepan, Schippersdorf
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 7 km west of Tarpiu
- Postal-Code: 4515
Population:
- 1786: 270
- 1910: 570
- 1940: 805 Lutherans; a filial community of Mettersdorf since 1661
- 1966: 690
- 1992: no Germans; the majority now live in Vorchdorf/Upper Austria
and Setterich/Aachen
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Tschippendorf
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1768-1955; MD: 1786-1955
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944299, 0944343-44
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1536803, item 3
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1380
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Evangelical church belongs to the Orthodox community
Heimatbücher:
- Spuren und Bilder aus Chepan. Heimatbuch der GemeindeTschippendorf
(Cepari, Csépán) in Nordsiebenbürgen. (Georg Breckner). 1999, Vorchdorf/Österreich,
privately printed. 70,-DM / 490 ÖS. 512 p., 322 black/white, 50 colour
photos. (SZ 30.11.99, p14)
Order address/Bezugsadresse: in Austria: Georg Breckner, Haidholzstr.
30, A-4655 Vorchdorf; in Germany: Johann Breckner, Honterusstr. 18, D-52499
Baesweiler-Setterich.
Village Names:
- German: Ungersdorf
- Hungarian: Sajómagyaros
- Official: Sieu Magherus
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Magyaros
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 4 km northwest of Crainimat, west of Bistrita
- Postal-Code: 4470
Population:
- 1786: 801
- 1910: 817
- 1940: 227 Lutherans
- 1966: 684
- 1992: no Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Ungersdorf
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1848-1954; M: 1854-1950; D: 1891-1951
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944345
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Magyaros
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1536806, item 1
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1292
- Kirchenburg/church fortress: used to belong to the Hungarian Farkas
family
- HOG
- Spelling with diacritics: Sieu Ma^gherus
Heimatbücher:
- Heimatbuch Ungersdorf in Nordsiebenbürgen. (Jost Linkner, Gefördert
von der Kulturabteilung des Amtes der Oberösterr. Landesregierung sowie
vom Magistrat der Patenstadt der Heimatvertriebenen). Wels, Verlag Plieseis,
1995. 212 S. (SZ 31.1.96) [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Dr. Jost Linkner, Waidhausen
33, A-4600 Wels, Austria.
- 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 land... 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, D-79312 Emmendingen.
Village Names:
- German: Unterporumbach
- Hungarian: Alsoporumbak
- Official: Porumbacu de Jos
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Unterbornbach, Unterforrembach
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 7 km northeast of Avrig
- Postal-Code: 2412
- Railroad station: Porumbacu de Jos
Population:
- 1842/43: 38 Catholics
- 1966: 1257
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Also Porumbak
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529970, item 2
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1473
- Starting point for hiking/climbing tours to the Negoi and other peaks
in the south Carpathians
Village Names:
- German: Urwegen
- Hungarian: Szászorbó
- Official: Girbova
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Ausendref, Urbijen, Urbegen,
Vrbögen
Location:
- Country: Romania
- West of Miercurea Sibiului, 23 km south of Sebes
- Postal-Code: 2590
Population:
- 1488: 65 heads of households, 4 indigents, 1 school master, 4 empty
houses
- 1532: 96 heads of households
- 1599, 30 October: following Michael the Brave's attack, only 16 heads
of households remained
- 1786: 1216
- 1910: 1497
- 1940: 1033 Lutherans
- 1966: 2050
- 1996: 34 Saxons
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1291 as Urbow
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (has records of christenings from 1664 on, possibly to 1837)
- Ortsgenealoge
- Ortsgeschichte
- Slavic "urba/urbowa" = meadow
- The play "Die Braut von Urwegen" is presented regularly by today's
Saxon communities. A description of a
Saxon wedding
(deutsch).
- Württembergers arrived in 1846
- Spelling with diacritics: Gi^rbova
Heimatbücher:
- 700 Jahre Urwegen. [E: 700 years ....]. (Richard Mildt). Köln, Wort
und Welt Verlag, 1991. 336 S. (Schriftenreihe der Sieb.-Säch. Stiftung,
Bd. 1). 76,- DM. [G]
- Heimatbuch der Gemeinde Urwegen in Siebenbürgen. Mit einem Bericht
über die Verschleppung zur Zwangsarbeit nach Rußland. [E: Heritage book
of the community ...in Transylvania. With a report about the deportation
to the work camps in Russia]. (Simon Richter, Thomas Buortmes). Neheim,
Selbstverlag, 1987. 105 S. [G]
- Wie's daheim war: Erinnerungen an meine Heimatgemeinde Urwegen in
Siebenbürgen. [E: How it was at home: memories of my home community ....in
Transylvania]. (Thomas Lutsch). Unna, 1993. 204 S. [G]
Village Names:
- German: Viktoriastadt
- Official: Orasul Victoria
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 7 km south of Ucea, southwest of Fagaras
- Postal-Code:
Population:
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Founded: 1948 as an industrial centre
- HOG
Village Names:
- German: Waldhütten
- Hungarian: Válthid
- Official: Valchid
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Zillenmarkt
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 5 km north of Copsa Mare, south of Dumbravenni
- Postal-Code: 3137
Population:
- 1488: 76 heads of households
- 1786: 666
- 1857: 913 (649 Germans, 264 non-Germans, 4 Magyars, 156 Rumanians,
104 others)
- 1910: 982
- 1940: 823 Lutherans
- 1966: 930
- Dec 1995: 16 Lutherans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Waldhutten
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1734-1943; MD: 1734-1942
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417971-73
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Ancestral File: check under "Benning" and families related to this
surname
- Leipzig archives:
B: 1734-1837, 1906-1943
MD: 1734-1837, 1906-1942
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1317
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Waldhüttener Heimatblatt [1992])
- Other names through the centuries: Waldhyd, Walthyd, Valdhyd, villa
Valdhuttin, Waldhyda, Waldhudia Walthyt, Waldheyden
- Statistics in 1880-83:
- Evangelical community in 1880: 331 men, 338 women (8 children under
age 5; oldest male was 81, oldest female 73); births: 10 boys, 20 girls;
11 males and 7 females died
- areal size of Waldhütten - 3670 Joch (arable land 1035 Joch, meadows
and gardens 568 Joch, vineyards 163 Joch, forest 1596 Joch, pasture 308
Hektar)
- private property: Saxons 1644 Joch, non-Saxons 185 Joch
- average size of a farm: 8 Joch; largest farm 25 Joch
- average price of 1 Joch: farmland 80 florin, meadow 120 florin
- number of animals: 22,440 (of which, 52 oxen, 120 cows, 70 calves,
110 buffaloes, 40 horses, 10 foals, 150 pigs, 10 sheep, 150 goats, 100
beehives)
- primary-school age Lutheran children: 52 boys, 45 girls of which
50 boys and 43 girls are actually in school; higher education: 20 boys,
18 girls
- 98 volumes in the library
Village Names:
- German: Wallendorf
- Hungarian: Aldorf
- Official: Unirea, Aldorf
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Suburb of Bistrita
- Postal-Code: 4410
Population:
- 1786: 497
- 1910: 680
- 1940: 662 Lutherans
- 1966: 1215
- 1992: no Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Wallendorf
- Church records available at FHL: BMD: 1813-1944
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944346-47
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1332; probably founded by Walloons
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- German Zipsers from the Bucovina moved here from 1900 on
- Birthplace of noted historian, Dr. Ernst Wagner (1921-1996)
Heimatbücher:
- Wallendorf in Nordsiebenbürgen: Festschrift zum Treffen der Wallendorfer
am 29./30. April 1978 in Nürnberg. [E: ...in north Transylvania: commemorative
writing for the meeting of the Wallendorfers on April 29/30, 1978 in
Nürnberg]. (Ernst Wagner). Wehrheim, Eigenverlag, 1976. 102 S. Enthält
Namen, Geburtsdaten, Hausnummern aller Einwohner im Herbst 1944. [G, MOB]
Includes names of villagers, their birthdates, and house numbers in the
fall of 1944.
Village Names:
- German: Waltersdorf
- Hungarian: Kisdemeter
- Official: Dumitrita
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 17 km southeast of Bistrita
- Postal-Code: 4472
Population:
- 1786: 628
- 1910: 658
- 1940: 570 Lutherans
- 1966: 783
- 1992: no Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Waltersdorf
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1799-1945; M: 1779-1943; D: 1865-1945
- Also the Family Book
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944348
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Founded probably between 1150-1190; documented 1334
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Its Rumanian inhabitants were resettled in Valea Somesului in the
late 1700s when the military border was established
- The most easterly former German community in the Budak river valley
- Spelling with diacritics: Dumitrit,a
Heimatbücher:
- Chronik der Gemeinde Waltersdorf in Siebenbürgen, Rumänien. [E: Chronicle
of the community ....in Transylvania, Rumania]. (Martin Hesch). Traun,
1977. 130 S. [G]
- Waltersdorf in Siebenbürgen. [E: .....in Transylvania.] (Johann Böhm).
Gefördert u.a. vom Sieb.-Sächs. Kulturrat. Linz, Wimmer, 1987. 199 S.
[G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Johann Böhm, Hügelweg 1, A-4050
Traun, Austria.
Village Names:
- German: Wassid
- Hungarian: Szászveszöd
- Official: Veseud
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 13 km southeast of Seica Mare
- Postal-Code: 2445
Population:
- 1786: 611
- 1910: 951
- 1940: 151 Lutherans; filial community of Reußen
- 1966: 578
- 1992: no Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Szasz Vesszod
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 15529953, item 1
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1308
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Natural gas reserves
Village Names:
- German: Weidenbach
- Hungarian: Vidombák
- Official: Ghimbav
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Wejdebich
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Suburb of Brasov
- Postal-Code: 2251
Population:
- 1786: 1080
- 1910: 1204
- 1940: 1140 Lutherans
- 1980: 4900
- 1996: 88 Lutherans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1342
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Weidenbacher Heimatblatt [1985])
- Ortsgenealoge
- Ortsgeschichte
- Formerly an agricultural community, today an industrial centre with
a textile and paper factory, as well as an airport
- Coat of arms: heart with 3 roses
Heimatbücher:
- Ortsmonographie Weidenbach. Eine siebenbürgische Gemeinde im Burzenland.
[E: Village monograph .....A Transylvanian community in the Burzenland].
Uwe Konst, im Auftrag der HOG Weidenbach. Mürlenbach, Strauss Offsetdruck,
1999. 446 p. 72,-DM. (SZ 20.8.98; 15.3.99; 15.6.99)
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Horst Preiss, Danziger Weg 12/2,
D-72555 Metzingen
- Chronik der Weidenbächer Nachbarschaften. Otto Dück. Spring 2000.
28DM (SZ 20.10.99, p25)
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Otto Dück, Akeleistr. 1 B, D-82194
Gröbenzell.
Village Names:
- German: Weilau
- Hungarian: Vajola
- Official: Uila
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Weilaus, Wela, Veyla,
Welen, Voila
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 22 km north of Reghin
- Postal-Code: 4252
Population:
- 1786: 859
- 1850: 876
- 1940: 781 Lutherans
- 1941: 869 (677 Germans)
- 1966: 398
- 1992: 152 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Weilau
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1728-1950; M: 1851-1949; D: 1728-1944
- Also the Family book (1879-1948)
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944349
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Vajola
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1536784, item 2
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1228 as Radus; this first settlement was destroyed by
the Mongols in 1241/42
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Name changes: Wela (on 1532 Honterus map); in Latin: Veyla, Welen,
Voila
Heimatbücher:
- Aufstieg und Niedergang. Erinnerungen an die verlorene Heimat Weilau.
[E: Development and decline. Memories of the lost homeland ....]. (Hannes
Frim, sen.). Töpingen, 1969. Typoscript, 175 S. [G]
- Beitrag zu einer Geschichte der Gemeinde Weilau in Siebenbürgen, Rumänien.
[E: Contribution to the history of the community ....in Transylvania].
(Helmut Czoppelt). Ingolstadt, 1973. Manuskript. [G]
Village Names:
- German: Weingartskirchen
- Hungarian: Vingárd
- Official: Vingard
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Guga, Chybar, Chybay,
Weingarten
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 20 km east of Sebes
- Postal-Code: 2593
Population:
- 1786: 1386
- 1910: 1691
- 1940: 727 Lutherans
- 1966: 1399
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Vingard
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529957, item 3
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1309 as "Wyngarthkyrchen" when the Germans arrived
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Formerly the property of the Counts of Kelling
Village Names:
- German: Weißkirch
- Hungarian: Kisfehéregyház
- Official: Albestii Bistritei
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Ferihaz, Weißkirchen
Location:
- Country: Romania
- South of Bistrita
- Postal-Code: 4418
Population:
- 1786: 463
- 1910: 529
- 1940: 355 Lutherans
- 1966: 343
- 1992: no Germans
- Dec 1995: 1 Lutheran
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Weisskirch
- Church records available at FHL (no gaps): BM: 1837-1948; D: 1837-1950
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944352
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1332
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Birthplace of the siblings, Fritz, Karl Kurt, Gustav, and Hermine
(children of the Lutheran minister Friedrich Klein), noted for their books
and writings on Transylvanian culture and history
- Spelling with diacritics: Albes,tii Bistrit,ei
Heimatbücher:
- Weißkirch bei Bistritz in Siebenbürgen. (Jost Linkner, Susanne
Kuales). Wels, Bürotique, 1990. 311 S. [G]
Village Names:
- German: Weißkirch
- Hungarian: Fehéregyháza
- Official: Albesti
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 4 km east of Sighisoara
- Postal-Code: 3068
Population:
- 1787: 868 (136 houses, 140 families)
- 1910: 2048
- 1966: 3224
- Dec 1995: 11 Lutherans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Weisskirch
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1899-1943; M: 1902-1941; D: 1900-1943
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417974
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Leipzig archives: B: 1899-1943; M: 1902-1941; D: 1900-1943
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1231 as Alba ecclesia
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG: approximately 500 members; publishes the annual "Weihnachtsbote"
(since 1983); a Treffen is held bi-annually in Nürnberg (next is in 2001)
- Ortsgeschichte
- Founded by Saxons, inhabited from the 16-19th centuries by Rumanians,
Hungarians and gypsies, resettled in 1899/1900 by Saxon families from the
neighbouring communities of Maniersch (11 families), Zuckmantel (7), Zendersch
(4), Schäßburg (3), Marienburg (3), Felldorf (3), Denndorf (3), Gross
Alisch (2), Dunesdorf (1), Irmesch (1)
- Belonged since 1552 to the noble von Haller family
- Spelling with diacritics: Albes,ti
Heimatbücher:
- Weißkirch: eine siebenbürgische Gemeinde an der Großen Kokel. [E:
....: a Transylvanian community on the large Kokel]. (Michael Kroner, Renate
Ludwig u. HOG Weißkirch). München, Verlag der Sieb.-sächs. Stiftung, 1997,
ISBN 3-932043-08-1, 121 S., anschließend auf 125 S. Stammbäume u. Familienhöfe
nach Gründer des Hofes geordnet / includes on 125 pages family trees and
properties listed according to the property owner. Großformat/oversize.
(Schriftenreihe der Sieb.-Sächs. Stiftung, Bd. 28). 50,- DM. [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Dr. Michael Kroner, Ottostraße
31, D-90522 Oberasbach
Village Names:
- German: Werd
- Hungarian: Vérd
- Official: Vard
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 4 km south of Agnita
- Postal-Code: 2491
Population:
- 1488: 16 heads of households, 4 shepherds, 2 empty houses
- 1532: 27 heads of households
- 1786: 498
- 1910: 502
- 1930: 714 persons of which 235 Germans
- 1940: 327 Lutherans
- 1966: 551
- 1992: no Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1323
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- A bell in the bell tower was made in 1438.
- Spelling with diacritics: Va^rd
Village Names:
- German: Wermesch
- Hungarian: Vermes
- Official: Vermes
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 2 km from Lechinta
- Postal-Code: 4452
Population:
- 1602: destroyed by General Basta's soldiers
- 1630: resettled by Saxons, as well as Rumanians from Moldavia
- 1786: 594
- 1910: 755
- 1940: 644 Lutherans
- 1966: 849
- No Germans since 1970
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Wermesch
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1762-1956; M: 1763-1958; D: 1783-1951
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944353-56
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1332
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Derived possibly from Johannes Wermescher, leader of the settlers
- Spelling with diacritics: Vermes,
Heimatbücher:
- Wermesch, ein Dorf in Siebenbürgen. [E: ....a village in Transylvania].
(Johann Stierl). Nürnberg, Eigenverlag, 1968. Maschinengeschrieben,
Großformat, 394 S. [G, MOB]
Village Names:
- German: Windau
- Hungarian: Vinda
- Official: Ghinda
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Vinda, Vindavia, Wende
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 7 km east of and now part of Bistrita
- Postal-Code: 4474
Population:
- 1786: 425
- 1910: 512
- 1940: 453 Lutherans
- 1966: 556
- Dec 1995: 5 Lutherans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1332
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Fruit growing area; the villagers are nicknamed "apple apothecaries"
- Birthplace of poet, Michael Wolf-Winda (1911-1945)
Heimatbücher:
- Windau in Gegenwart und Vergangenheit: Eine Ortsgeschichte auf der
Grundlage der Volkskörperforschung. [E: ....in the present and past: a
history based on research of the people]. (Johann Bredt). Bistritz, 1929.
1.Aufl. 97 S. [G]
- Windauer Heimatbuch. Eine Ortsgeschichte auf der Grundlage der
Volkskörperforschung. [E: .... Heritage book. A history based on the research
of the people]. (Johann Bredt, Günther Litschel, Hilfskomitee der Siebenbürger
Sachsen). Schweinfurt, Schweinfurter Druckerei und Verlagsanstalt, 1971.
2. Aufl./edition. 94 S., 14,80 DM. [G, MOB]
- Windau ... es war einmal. Das Volksleben in einer siebenbürgischen
Gemeinde. [E: ....as it once was. Village life in a Transylvanian community].
(Michael Csellner). Nürnberg, Selbstverlag, 1983. 215 S. [G,IfA, MOB]
Village Names:
- German: Winz, Unterwinz
- Hungarian: Alvinc
- Official: Vintu de Jos
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Wints, Winzendorf, Unterwinz
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 10 km northwest of Sebes
- Postal-Code: 2555
Population:
- 1590: Lutheran pastor switched to the Hungarian Reformed church
- 1966: 2526
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Winz
- Church records available at FHL: Diary of pastor of the Reformed Church,
1735-1757 including genealogical data arranged alphabetically
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1573179, item 17
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Alvinc
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529956, item 2
Miscellaneous:
- Founded: pre 1248; customs post on the Mieresch river
- 1621/22: Hutterites (Anabaptists) were brought in by Gabriel Bethlen;
they fled to Russia in 1765, from 1873 on to the USA and from 1914 on to
Canada
- Spelling with diacritics: Vint,u de Jos
Village Names:
- German: Wolkendorf
- Hungarian: Szaszvolkány, Volkany
- Official: Vulcan
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 5 km west of Cristian, 8 km south of Codlea
- Postal-Code: 2219
Population:
- 1541: 44 heads of households
- 1586, 1733, 1747: fire
- 1660: plague
- 1786: 1002
- 1910: 1297
- 1940: 1444 Lutherans
- 1980: 6100
- 1997: 138 Lutherans
Genealogical Records:
- Please advise if following information is for the wrong Wolkendorf
!
- Village name in FHL records: Wolkendorf
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1795-1943; M: 1828-1943; D: 1823-1943
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417975-76
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Leipzig archives: B: 1795-1943; M: 1828-1943; D: 1823-1943
Miscellaneous:
- Founded by Saxons; documented November 19, 1377
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes the Wolkendorfer Heimatblatt [1985])
- Ortsgenealoge
- Ortsgeschichte
- Health resort of the Evangelical church; has a retirement home.
Heimatbücher:
- Wolkendorf im Burzenland. Heimatbuch einer siebenbürgischen Gemeinde.
[E: ....in the Burzenland. Heritage book of a Transylvanian community].
(Wilhelm Beer, Richard Gober, Helmut Beer). München, HOG Wolkendorf, 1990.
480 S. [G, MOB]
Village Names:
- German: Wolkendorf
- Hungarian: Volkány
- Official: Vulcan
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Wolkersdorf
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 2 km north of Daia, by Sighisoara
- Postal-Code: 3081
Population:
- 1786: 240
- 1910: 229
- 1966: 186
- 1940: 247 Lutherans
- 1992: no Germans
- Dec 1995: 2 Lutherans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1315
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Property of the Bergkirche of Schäßburg
Heimatbücher:
- 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: Wölz
- Hungarian: Volc, Wölc
- Official: Velt
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- North of Medias
- Postal-Code: 3151
Population:
- 1488: 67 heads of households
- 1786: 766
- 1910: 968
- 1940: 525 Lutherans
- 1966: 987
- 1992: 30 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1359 (Germans arrived post-1300)
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Spelling with diacritics: Velt,
Village Names:
- German: Wurmloch
- Hungarian: Nagybaromlak
- Official: Valea Viilor, Vorumloc
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Wurmbach, Boromlaka
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 7 km northwest of Motis, 5 km south of Copsa Mica
- Postal-Code: 3156
Population:
- 1786: 708
- 1910: 1209
- 1940: 928 Lutherans
- 1966: 1764
- 1992: 60 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
Village Names:
- German: Zeiden
- Hungarian: Feketehalom
- Official: Codlea
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Villa Cidinis, Cydinio,
Ceydino, Zuidn
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 14 km west of Brasov
- Postal-Code: 2252
Population:
- 1421, 1432, 1530, 1658: Turkish invasions
- 1510: 142 heads of households, 4 settlers (i.e. do not own property),
11 widows, 8 indigents, 10 empty houses, 1 school teacher
- 1660: 750 die of the plague
- 1786: 3017
- 1814: 3264 (2445 Evangelical Lutherans, 819 Orthodox)
- 1910: 4432
- 1930: 5219 (3111 Saxons, 1916 Rumanians, 152 Hungarians)
- 1940: 3476 Lutherans
- 1992: 24,467 (868 Germans)
- 1.1.1998: 529 Evangelical Lutherans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Zeiden
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- Zeidner Gemeindeblatt - of the Evangelical Presbyterian church according
to the FHC CD (community newspaper containing poetry, reports, gifts,
announcements), 1928-31, 1934, 1940
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1200582-83
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1265 as Castrum Feketewholum (=black hill)
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG Homepage
- The HOG publishes Zeidner Gruss [1954]
- Ortsgeschichte
- Ortsgenealoge
- Birthplace of dialect poet, Michael Königes (1871-1955)
- 1992: has approximately 60 hectars of greenhouses with approx. 1000
employees
- at 900 metres on the 1294 m Zeidner Berg are the ruins of the Schwarzberg,
built by the Teutonic Order of Knights
- Name changes: Latin: Villa Cidinis (1377)
Heimatbücher:
- Gemarkung und Flurnamen. (Peter Hedwig). Erlangen, privately printed,
1986. 24 Seiten.
- Zeiden. (Michael Türk). Erlangen, Hedwig, 1991. 63 Seiten.
- Zeidner Denkwürdigkeiten. [E: .....memorabilia].
- Heft 1: Die land- u. volkswirtschaftlichen Zustände dieser Gemeinde,
Nachdruck. [E: The land and village circumstances of this community]. 76
S. [IfA, G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Peter Hedwig, Starenweg 53, D-91056
Erlangen.
- Heft 2: Burzenländer Sagen und Ortsgeschichten. [E: Burzenland sagas
and village stories]. (Friedrich Reimesch). 1985 [G]
- Heft 3: 100 Jahre Zeidner Männerchor. [E: 100 years of the Zeiden men's
choir]. (Gotthelf Zell). 1986. [G]
- Heft 4: Gartenbau in Zeiden. [E: Gardening in Zeiden]. (Erhard Kraus).
1992. [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Volkmar Kraus, Ludwigsplatz 7,
D-83064 Raubling.
-Heft 5: Sport in Zeiden. Erlebtes und Überliefertes. [E: Sport in Zeiden.
Experiences and traditions]. (Erwin Miekes, Günther Wagner). 1998. 200
S., Fotos. 1998. 15,-DM.
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Volkmar Kraus, Ludwigsplatz 7,
D-83064 Raubling.
- Heft 6: Grüße aus der Heimat: Zeiden in Ansichtskarten. [E: Greetings
from the homeland: Zeiden in postcards]. (Udo Buhn, Balduin Herter). 1998,
+90 Ansichtskarten, 25,-DM
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Udo Buhn, Schlierseeweg 28, D-82538
Geretsried.
- Zeiden: eine Stadt im Burzenland. Heimatbuch einer siebenbürgischen
Gemeinde. [E: ....a city in the Burzenland. Heritage book of a Transylvanian
community.]. (Georg Gotthelf Zell, Hrsg. unter Mitwirkung der Heimatortsgemeinschaft
Zeiden). Thaur/Innsbruck, Wort und Welt Verlag, 1994. 416 S., 1 Karte.
(Schriftenreihe der Sieb.-Säch. Stiftung, Bd. 4). (SZ 15.1.96) [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: Zendersch
- Hungarian: Szénaverös
- Official: Senereus
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Zenderesch, Zendrisch
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 7 km from Filitelnic
- Postal-Code: 3272
Population:
- 1786: 1000
- 1910: 1315
- 1940: 1381 Lutherans
- 1966: 1274
- 1992: 3 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Zendersch
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1783-1943; M: 1783-1892; D: 1783-1924
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417977-79
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Szenaveros
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529951, item 1
- Leipzig archives:
B: 1783-1837, 1869-1906
M: 1783-1892
D: 1783-1924
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1409
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Det Zendrescher Zichen [1976])
- Ortsgenealoge
- Formerly one of the largest Saxon communities in the area; today the
Evangelical church is in disrepair
- Spelling with diacritics: Senereus,
Heimatbücher:
- Heimatbuch von Zendersch, einer Gemeinde im siebenbürgischen Weinland.
[E: Heritage book of ....., a community in the Transylvanian wine land].
(Friedrich Wilhelm Schuller) Hainburg, 1977. 188 S. [G, IfA, MOB]
- Zendersch. Eine siebenbürgische Gemeinde im Wandel. [E: ....changes
in a Transylvanian community]. (Georg und Renate Weber), München, Delp
Verlag, 1985. 751 S. [G, IfA, MOB]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Renate Weber, Coesfeldweg 39,
D-48161 Münster.
Village Names:
- German: Zied
- Hungarian: Vesszöd
- Official: Veseud
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Wesseden, Wassied, Ziedt
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 8 km south of Agnita
- Postal-Code: 1323
Population:
- 1786: 486
- 1910: 753
- 1940: 415 Lutherans
- 1966: 410
- 1992: 27 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1323 as Wozzodia
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- The bottom step of the winding stone staircase leading to the choir
loft is wet hours before it rains.
Village Names:
- German: Zuckmantel
- Hungarian: Cikmántor
- Official: Tigmandru
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Tsäckmankel
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 8 km south of Balauseri, 4 km north of Nades
- Postal-Code: 3079
Population:
- 1786: 590
- 1842/43: 11 Catholics
- 1910: 1088
- 1940: 940 Lutherans
- 1966: 1178
- 1992: 23 Germans
- Dec 1995: 21 Lutherans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Zuckmantel
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1777-1899; M: 1778-1911; D: 1777-1943
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417980-81, 0944358-59
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Czikmantor
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529952, item 6
- Leipzig archives:
B: 1777-1837, 1865-1899
M: 1778-1837, 1874-1911
D: 1777-1837, 1874-1943
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1325
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Zuckmantler Nachbarschaft [1982])
- Evangelical church was built in 1848
- In 1940, this was the crossing point on the new Rumanian-Hungarian
border
- Lutheran minister, Carl Martin Römer, (1860-1942), wrote the well-known
and loved Transylvanian folksong,
"Äm Hontertstroch"
.
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