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Regional identity and sustainable development in Transylvania: german cultural heritage

Miscellanea Geographica
Volume 29 (2025): Issue 3 (July 2025)
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|May 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

The demographic evolution of the German population in the present-day territory of Romania Source: Population Census Romania (1930, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992, 2002, 2011, 2021)
The demographic evolution of the German population in the present-day territory of Romania Source: Population Census Romania (1930, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992, 2002, 2011, 2021)

Figure 2.

ArcMap 10.8 based on administrative and historical data as well as ESRI spatial data Source: own elaboration
ArcMap 10.8 based on administrative and historical data as well as ESRI spatial data Source: own elaboration

Former Transylvanian Saxon communities and buildings designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites or on the UNESCO Tentative List

UNESCO World Heritage Sites
NameCity / villageYear of designationUNESCO number and criteria
Romanian (official) nameGerman name
Villages with Fortified Churches in TransylvaniaBiertanBirthälm1993596bis; iv
CâlnicKelling1999
PrejmerTartlau
SaschizKeisd
Valea ViilorWurmloch
ViscriDeutsch-Weisskirch
Historic Centre of SighișoaraSighișoaraSchässburg1999902; iii, v
UNESCO Tentative List
NameCityYear listedUNESCO criteria
Romanian (official) nameGerman name
Historic Centre of Sibiu and its Ensemble of SquaresSibiuHermannstadt2004ii, iii, iv, v

Former Transylvanian Saxon communities and buildings listed as protected sites and historical monuments of exceptional national value according to Romanian Law 5/2000, by category

NameCity / villageCounty
Romanian (official) nameGerman name
Fortresses
Câlnic FortressCâlnicKellingAlba
Greavilor FortressGârbovaUrwegenAlba
Bran FortressBranTörzburgBrașov
Râșnov FortressRâșnovRosenauBrașov
Rupea FortressRupeaRepsBrașov
Feldioara FortressFeldioaraMarienburgBrașov
Saschiz FortressSaschizKeisdMureș
Turnu Roșu FortressBoița (Turnu Roșu)Roter TurmSibiu
Slimnic FortressSlimnicStolzenburgSibiu
Fortified churches
Village fortress with churchHărmanHonigbergBrașov
Village fortress with churchPrejmerTartlauBrașov
Village fortress with churchHomorodHamrudenBrașov
Village fortress with Evangelical churchSânpetruPetersbergBrașov
Village fortress with Evangelical churchViscriDeutsch-WeisskirchBrașov
Village fortress with Evangelical churchDrăușeniDraasBrașov
Village fortress with Evangelical churchCațaKatzendorfBrașov
Village fortress with churchArchitaArkedenMureș
Village fortress with Evangelical churchAțelHetzeldorfSibiu
Evangelical church with fortressBiertanBirthälmSibiu
Church with curtain wallRichișReichesdorfSibiu
Village fortress with churchCisnădieHeltauSibiu
Village fortress with churchDealu FrumosSchönbergSibiu
Evangelical church with fortificationsMălâncravMalmkrogSibiu
Village fortress with churchMoșnaMeschenSibiu
Village fortress with churchValea ViilorWurmlochSibiu
Village fortress with Evangelical churchBaznaBaaßenSibiu
Village fortress with Evangelical churchBuzdBußdSibiu
Village fortress with Evangelical churchCurciuKirtschSibiu
Village fortress with Evangelical churchIghișu NouEibesdorfSibiu
Village fortress with Evangelical churchȘaroș pe TârnaveScharoschSibiu
Urban civilian buildings
Ioan Zidaru (Hans Maurer) HouseBistrițaBistritzBistrița-Năsăud
Silversmith’s HouseBistrițaBistritzBistrița-Năsăud
Șugălete row of buildingsBistrițaBistritzBistrița-Năsăud
Council HouseBrașovKronstadtBrașov
Hirscher HouseBrașovKronstadtBrașov
Vlad Dracul HouseSighișoaraSchässburgMureș
Stag HouseSighișoaraSchässburgMureș
Council TowerSibiuHermannstadtSibiu
Thomas Altenberger House and Johann Lula House, together making up the former Town HallSibiuHermannstadtSibiu
Brukenthal PalaceSibiuHermannstadtSibiu
Urban compounds (fortified cities)
Fortified urban compoundSebeșMühlbachAlba
Fortified urban compoundBistrițaBistritzBistrița-Năsăud
Fortified urban compoundBrașovKronstadtBrașov
Fortified urban compoundSighișoaraSchässburgMureș
Fortified urban compoundSibiuHermannstadtSibiu
Fortified urban compoundMediașMediaschSibiu
Churches and monasteries
Evangelical ChurchSebeșMühlbachAlba
Evangelical ChurchHerinaMönchsdorfBistrița-Năsăud
Black ChurchBrașovKronstadtBrașov
Saint Bartholomew’s ChurchBrașovKronstadtBrașov
Evangelical ChurchHălmeagHalmagenBrașov
Church on the HillSighișoaraSchässburgMureș
Saint Mary’s Evangelical ChurchSibiuHermannstadtSibiu
Saint Margaret’s Evangelical Church with fortificationsMediașMediaschSibiu
Church of the Holy ArchangelsOcna SibiuluiSalzburgSibiu
Fortified Evangelical ChurchCisnădieHeltauSibiu
Evangelical ChurchCisnădioaraMichelsbergSibiu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2025-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046
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Language: English
Page range: 155 - 164
Submitted on: Sep 16, 2024
Accepted on: Dec 11, 2024
Published on: May 9, 2025
Published by: University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Saxons,
Transylvania,
heritagization,
cultural landscape,
fortified churches
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geography,
Geosciences, other

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