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Village Names:
- German: Hahnbach
- Hungarian: Kakasfalva
- Official: Hamba
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Hannebach
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 10 km north of Sibiu, 3 km east of Sura Mare
- Postal-Code: 2441
Population:
- 1738: 68% die of the plague
- 1786: 657
- 1910: 910
- 1940: 747 Lutherans
- 1966: 1035
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 10 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Hermannstadt city archives:
B: 1685-1704, 1711-1782, 1793-1859
M: 1695-1715, 1736-1766, 1781-1782, 1793-1869
D: 1695-1721, 1727-1766, 1793-1869
Miscellaneous:
Village Names:
- German: Halvelagen
- Hungarian: Holdvilág
- Official: Hoghilac
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Hoghilag
Location:
- Country: Romania
- East of Dumbraveni, west of Sighisoara
- Postal-Code: 3132
Population:
- 1786: 714
- 1910: 1004
- 1940: 671 Lutherans
- 1966: 1335
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 5 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1345
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Derived from Hungarian "Hodwylag" = beaver world
Heimatbücher:
- Halvelagen: wo ich zu Hause war: Heimatbuch einer siebenbürgischen
Gemeinde. [E: ...: where I was at home: heritage book of a Transylvanian
community]. (Anna Dengel, Ulrike Schinker, HOG Halvelagen). München,
Sieb.-sächs. Stiftung, 1998. 220 S. (Schriftenreihe der sieb.-säch. Stiftung,
Bd. 32) [G]
Village Names:
- German: Hamlesch
- Hungarian: Omlás
- Official: Amnas
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Northwest of Sibiu, east of Sebes
- Postal-Code: 2468
Population:
- 1786: 694
- 1910: 1694
- 1940: 1787 Lutherans
- 1990: 780
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 53 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: Amnas,
Village Names:
- German: Hammersdorf
- Hungarian: Szenterzsébet
- Official: Gusterita
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Villa Humperti, Villa
Umberti
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Now a suburb of Sibiu
- Postal-Code:
Population:
- 1786: 578
- 1910: 1740
- 1940: 1182 Lutherans
- 1941: 2583 (1237 Germans)
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 65 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Hermannstadt city archives:
B: 1687-1837
M: 1712-1720, 1725-1837
D: 1771-1837
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1309 as villa (H)umberti
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Name derived from Humbertus, the probable founder of Hammersdorf
- Spelling with diacritics: Gus,terit,a
Village Names:
- German: Hamruden
- Hungarian: Homorod
- Official: Homorod
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Hamroth, Hammeroden,
Hameruden, Hamoroden, Hamorod, Hamrod
Location:
- Country: Romania
- East of Rupea
- Postal-Code: 3026
Population:
- 1488: 68 heads of households, a school teacher, 4 shepherds, 1
mill
- 1786: 588
- 1910: 1374
- 1940: 610 Lutherans
- 1966: 1728
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 50 members
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
- Ortsgenealoge: Dr.
Harald Lienert
- Photo
- Originally called Petersdorf (Szasz Szent Peter)
- Derived from Hungarian "hamar" = quick, fast, i.e. the quick flowing
stream in the area
- Name changes: Hameruden (1464), Hamoroden (1500), Hamorod/Homorod
(1520), Hamrod (1793)
Heimatbücher:
- ....was wir lieben ist geblieben. Heimatbuch einer siebenbürgischen
Gemeinde. [E: ...what we love has remained. Heritage book of a Transylvanian
community]. (Harald Lienert u. HOG Hamruden). Caputh, (elk) Public Relation
u. Verlag, 1997. 280 S. (Schriftenreihe der Sieb.-sächs. Stiftung, Bd.
26) [G]
- Heimatbuch Hamruden, 2. Teil: Stammbuch. Ahnen, Nachkommen und
Angehörige einer siebenbürgischen Gemeinde im Zeitraum des 18.-20. Jahrhunderts.
[E: Heritage book..., 2d part: Genealogy. Ancestors, descendants and
relatives of a Transylvanian community during the 18-20 centuries].
(Harald Lienert, Christian Zaminer). München, Verlag der Sieb.-sächs.
Stiftung, 1998. 294 S., ISBN 3-932043-11-1. (Described in Siebenb.
Familienforschung 1998; 15/2.). See also:
http://db.genealogy.net/ofb/hamruden/
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Johann Petri, HOG Hamruden,
Schloß Horneck, D-74381 Gundelsheim/Neckar.
Village Names:
- German: Haschagen
- Hungarian: Hassig
- Official: Hasag
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Hoschagen, Hashadia
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Southwest of Copsa Mica, northwest of Sibiu
- Postal-Code: 2462
Population:
- 1516: one Saxon and 11 Rum. heads of households, 1 widow, 2 shepherds
- 1719: 59 die of the plague
- 1786: 683
- 1910: 1087
- 1940: 608 Lutherans
- 1966: 1004
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 11 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1263 as Hassag
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Derived from Hungarian: river bed with linden trees
- Spelling with diacritics: Has,ag
- Name changes: Hoschagen (1370), Hashadia (1414), and more
Village Names:
- German: Heidendorf
- Hungarian: Besenyö
- Official: Viisoara
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Besineu, Häindraf
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Just west of Bistrita
- Postal-Code: 4449
Population:
- 1786: 505
- 7 May 1788: entire town except house 86 burned down along with
all documents and church records
- 1910: 717
- 1940: 620 Lutherans
- 1966: 1659
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 4 members and is a filial
parish of Bistrita.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1332 as villa Paganiga
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Spelling with diacritics: Viis,oara
Heimatbücher:
- Heidendorfer Heimatbuch. [E: .... Heritage book]. (Kurt Csallner,
Hilfskomitee der Siebenbürger Sachsen). Schweinfurt, Schweinfurter Druckerei
und Verlagsanstalt, 1969. 180 S., 14,80DM. [G, IfA, MOB]
- 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, D-79312 Emmendingen.
Village Names:
- German: Heidendorf
- Hungarian: Székásszabadja
- Official: Secasel
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Southwest of Blaj
- Postal-Code: 2595
Population:
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1372
- Spelling with diacritics: Sec^as,el
Village Names:
- German: Heldsdorf
- Hungarian: Höltövény
- Official: Halchiu
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Heltzdorf, Hölzdorf
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 12 km north of Brasov
- Postal-Code: 2235
Population:
- 1786: 1544
- 1910: 2691
- 1940: 2478 Lutherans
- 1966: 3557
- 1997: 131 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Heldsdorf
- Church records available at FHL: Ancestor pass of Maria Schmidt
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: on 1 microfiche
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Heldsdörfer Gemeindeblatt 1927-1937 (weekly newspaper of the Evangelical
Lutheran community); original is in the IfA, Stuttgart
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1200581; 1200582 item 1
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1335 as castrum Heltwen
- Kirchenburg/church fortress (with the oldest bell in the Burzenland,
from 1434 and the largest "Flügelaltar")
- HOG: has all church records from 1837 to 1992. Contact: Karl Heinz
Brenndörfer, Wiener Str. 311/D, 70469 Stuttgart, Germany
- The HOG publishes Wir Heldsdörfer [1959])
- Ortsgenealoge
- Heldsdorf
- Well known Heldsdorfers: Johann Lukas Hedwig (1802-1849), Dr. Wilhelm
Depner (1873-1950), Paul Richter (1875-1950).
- Spelling with diacritics: Ha^lchiu
Heimatbücher:
- Familienchronik und Heldsdörfer Schicksale. [E: Family chronicle
and fate of ....] (Peter Hedwig). Erlangen, Selbstverlag, 1982. 53 S.
[IfA??]
- Heldsdorf. Chronik einer siebenbürgisch-sächsischen Gemeinde des
Burzenlandes aus 700 Jahren. [E: .... Chronicle of a Transylvanian-Saxon
community of the Burzenland of 700 years] (Hans Mooser u. HOG). Reutlingen,
HOG, 1967. 314 S. [G, IfA, MOB]
- Heldsdorf. Kurzchronik. [E: .... Short chronicle]. (Karl-Heinz
Brenndörfer, Otto S. Liess). Stuttgart, HOG, 1997. 80 S. (SZ 30.4.98).
5,- DM. [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Karl-Heinz Brenndörfer, Wiener
Str. 311 D, 70469 Stuttgart.
- Heldsdorf. Monographie einer Burzenländer Gemeinde. [E: ....monograph
of a Burzenland community]. (Ernst Rothbächer); Nachdruck der Auflage
von 1931, Wort und Welt Verlag und Kriterion Verlag/Bukarest,
1977. 221 S. [G]
- Der vorreformatorische Flügelaltar von Heldsdorf. [E: The pre-Reformation
altar of ....]. (Peter Hedwig). Erlangen, privately published, 1984.
33 Seiten.
Village Names:
- German: Heltau
- Hungarian: Nagydisznód
- Official: Cisnadie
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: de Hielt, Helten
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 10 km south of Sibiu
- Postal-Code: 2437
Population:
- 1734: 125 "Landler" arrived
- 1786: 2162
- 1910: 3053
- 1985: 21,219
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 474 members
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 (publishes Heltauer Nachrichtenblatt [1985])
- Ortsgenealoge
- Ortsgeschichte
- Unproductive farmland, so the inhabitants turned to crafts and
trade, among others the textile industry
Heimatbücher:
- Heltau. Eine Monographie. [E: ....a monograph]. (Hermann Rehner)
- (in gotischer Schrift) - Krafft und Drotleff AG, 1931; Nachdruck, 1983:
Heimatortsgemeinschaft Heltau. 172 S., 25,-DM [G, IfA, MOB]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Hermine Sill, Erlenweg 9,
D-86926 Greifenberg.
- Heltau Heimatbuch. (Peter Handel). 2000 ?
- Heltau - Geschichte und Kultur einer siebenbürgisch-sächsischen
Gemeinschaft. [E: ... - History and Culture of a Transylvanian-Saxon Community].
(Konrad Gündisch (editor), Erich Wanek u.a.). Heilbronn 2002, 716 S. € 30,-
[G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse:
Bernhard u. Carmen Scheiner
, Ober Zinnweg 8, 72224 Ebhausen
Village Names:
- German: Henndorf
- Hungarian: Hégen
- Official: Bradeni
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Hendorf
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 20 km east of Agnita, Sighisoara and Fagaras on Highway 106
- Postal-Code: 2499
Population:
- 1350: 500
- 1471, 1472, 1512: students from Henndorf enroll at the university
in Vienna
- 1593: 185 taxpayers
- 1786: 899
- 1910: 1035
- 1940: 620 Lutherans
- 1966: 954
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 17 members; the parsonage
was sold to the Nazarenes from Bucharest in 1992.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Henndorf
- Church records available at FHL: BD: 1838-1936; M: 1838-1943
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1475961, 1475963, 1475964
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Leipzig archives: B: 1838-1934; M: 1838-1943; D: 1838-1936
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1297 as terra Heen
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Ortsgeschichte
Heimatbücher:
- Henndorf im Wandel der Zeit. Ein siebenbürgisches Heimatbuch.
[E: ....in the passage of time. A Transylvanian heritage book]. (Michael
Glatz). Hg. u. verlegt von Pf. Michael Seiverth, 1996. 208 S. [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Michael Seiverth, Fischamenderstr.
11, A-2460 Bruck an der Leitha, Austria.
Village Names:
- German: Hermannstadt
- Hungarian: Nagyszeben
- Official: Sibiu
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Hermestatt, Cibinium
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Capital of Transylvania
- Postal-Code: 2400
Population:
- 1786: 14,066
- 1910: 29,599
- 1935: 29,577 (16,141 Saxons)
- 1985: 176,928
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 2099 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Hermannstadt
- Church records available at FHL:
B: 1815-1876, M: 1816-1874, D: 1815-1883
military personnel only B: 1857-1858; D: 1856-1858 but check the FHC
CD
church newspaper 1927-1937
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1454461
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Hermannstadt city archives:
- Evangelical Lutheran: B: 1642-1812; M: 1648-1686, 1692-1812;
D: 1753-1813
- Orthodox: BM: 1793-1811; D: 1793-1812
- Greek-Catholic: B: 1786-1849; M: 1787-1824; D: 1822-1824
- Reformed (Calvinist): BMD: 1785-1814
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1223 as Hermannsdorf
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Hermannstädter Heimatbote [1983])
- Ortsgenealoge
- Hermannstadt Webpage
- Sibiu Webpage
- Airport for national and international flights.
Heimatbücher:
- Just the smallest sampling of the numerous publications on this
city:
- Chronik der Stadt Hermannstadt: 1100-1929. [E: Chronicle of the
city of ....] (Hrsg. Emil Sigerus) Hermannstadt, Verl. Anst. der evang.
Landeskirche A.B. in Rumänien, 1930. 117 Seiten.
- Hermannstadt: eine deutsche Gründung in Südosteuropa. Achthundert
Jahre im Karpatenbogen. [E: ....a German community in southeast Europe.
800 years in the curve of the Carpathians]. (Alfred Coulin). Köln-Rodenkirchen,
Liebig Druck+Verlag, 1980. Großformat, 105 S. [G]
- Die Gassennamen Hermannstadts: ein Kulturbild. [E: The streetnames
of ...: a cultural picture]. (Arnold Pancratz). Hermannstadt, Krafft
& Drotleff, 1935. 78 Seiten. (Deutscher Sprachverein in Rumänien;
Veröffentlichungen, 1)
- Gotik in Hermannstadt. [E: Gothic in ....]. (Hermann Fabini).
Köln, Böhlau, 1989. 267 Seiten. (Siebenbürgisches Archiv, Folge 3;23).
- Jubilate 1733-1933. St. Ursula Sibiu - Hermannstadt. [E: Jubilee
1733-1933. St. Ursula ....]. Hermannstadt, 1933. 56 S. [MOB]
- Spaziergang durch Alt-Hermannstadt. [E: A walk through old
Hermannstadt]. (Juliana Fabritius-Dancu). Hermannstadt, Transilvania Verlag,
1983. ca. 120 Blätter. [G]
- Stadtführer Sibiu. [E: City guide...]. (Alexandru Avram, Vasile
Crisan). Bukarest, Sport-Turism Verlag, 1985. [G]
- Hermannstadt und das Alte Land. Eine europäische Kulturlandschaft
in Siebenbürgen. Bildband [E: ... and the area around the Alt-river. A European
cultural landscape in ...] (Martin Rill, Thomas Nägler, Fotos: Martin Eichler,
Georg Gerster). Wort+Welt-Verlag, Dresden, 2002. 300 S. ISBN 3-9807949-4-9.
€ 69,-
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Buchversand Südost, Frau
Brigitte Rill
, Seebergsteige 4, 74235 Erlenbach
- Stadt Hermannstadt. Die Altstadt [E: City of .... Downtown] (Christoph
Machat, Herausgeber). Denkmaltopographie Siebenbürgen Band 5 (Kreis Hermannstadt),
Teilband 1.1. 452 S. € 34,50
Order address/Bezugsadresse:
Siebenbürgen-Institut
, Schloß Horneck, 74831 Gundelsheim
Village Names:
- German: Hetzeldorf
- Hungarian: Ecel
- Official: Atel
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Eczel, Hazeldorf
Location:
- Country: Romania
- East of Medias, south of Highway 14
- Postal-Code: 3142
Population:
- 1397: has a school
- 1516: 740
- 1532: 160 heads of households
- 1786: 1080
- 1910: 1634
- 1940: 1350 Lutherans
- 1966: 1874
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 65 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1283 as villa Echelini
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Hetzeldorfer Nachbarschaftsbote [1983])
- Ortsgeschichte
- Spelling with diacritics: At,el
Heimatbücher:
- Hetzeldorf: ein Stück verlorene Heimat. [E: ....a piece of lost
homeland]. (Gustav Paal, Erich Briebrecher). Villingen, HOG Hetzeldorf,
1998. 350 S. [G]
Village Names:
- German: Hohndorf
- Hungarian: Hundorf
- Official: Viisoara
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Hundorf
Location:
- Country: Romania
- North of Dumbraveni, south of Balauseri
- Postal-Code: 3086
Population:
- 1786: 463
- 1910: 920
- 1940: 317 Lutherans; filial community of Maldorf
- 1990: 1290
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had no members.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Hohndorf
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1841-1944; M: 1842-1943; D:
1842-1944
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417926, 1417927
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Hondorf
- Microfilm Nr.: 1529951, item 2
- Leipzig archives: B: 1841-1944; M: 1842-1943; D: 1842-1944
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1376
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Viisoara is an amalgamation of Hohndorf and Maldorf.
Heimatbücher:
Village Names:
- German: Holzmengen
- Hungarian: Holczmány
- Official: Hosman
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 25 km east of Sibiu, northeast of Avrig
- Postal-Code: 2481
Population:
- 1786: 463
- 1910: 920
- 1940: 601 Lutherans
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 10 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1318 as Holzmenia
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Had a small number of Catholic Saxons who built their own church
- Derived from "Holz" and "wang" = wood meadow
Village Names:
- German: Honigberg
- Hungarian: Szászhermány
- Official: Harman
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Huntschprich, Hwndspergh
Location:
- Country: Romania
- North of Brasov, east of Sinpetru
- Postal-Code: 2239
Population:
- 1338, 1542, 1609, 1691: grasshopper destroy the fields
- 1509, 1533, 1622, 1658: flooding
- 1510: 528 inhabitants, all of them Saxons; 132 heads of households,
7 widows, 7 indigents, 1 miller, 1 bellkeeper, a teacher, 9 shepherds
- 1553, 1603, 1660, 1718-1719: plague causes the death of 449 persons
- 1572: plague and earthquake
- 1593, 1600: fires destroy the community
- 1612: Gabriel Bathory is unable to take the Kirchenburg
- 1765: 1085 inhabitants of which 780 are Saxons
- 1786: 1684
- 1910: 2334
- 1940: 3029 inhabitants of which 1494 are Lutherans
- 1966: 4288
- 1998: The Lutheran community had 152 members.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1240 as mons mellis = Honigberg = honey mountain
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Honigberger Heimatbrief [1985])
- Ortsgenealoge
- Honigberg
- Highest church tower in the Burzenland (52 m)
- Spelling with diacritics: Ha^rman
Heimatbücher:
- Die Gemeinde Honigberg und ihre Schicksale. Zur Erinnerung an
die tapfere Verteidigung der Honigberger Kirchenburg gegen Gabriel Bathori
im Jahre 1612. [E: The community ... and its fate. In memory of the
brave defence of the ....fortress-church against Gabriel Bathori in
1612]. (Peter Horvath). Hermannstadt, 1912. 61 S. [MOB, G]
- Honigberg. Eine siebenbürgiche Gemeinde im Burzenland. [E: ... A
Transylvanian Community in...] (Michael Konnerth). Gundelsheim 2001. 1092
S. 673 Abbildungen. € 78,-
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Anton Madlo, Schafgasse 3,
71032 Böblingen
Village Names:
- German: Hundertbücheln
- Hungarian: Szászhalom
- Official: Movile
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Hundrubechiu
Location:
- Country: Romania
- South of Sighisoara, northwest of Fagaras
- Postal-Code: 2497
Population:
- 1488: 54 heads of households
- 1786: 614
- 1910: 748
- 1940: 519 Lutherans
- 1966: 651
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 11 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1355
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Hallo Hundertbüchler [1981])
- Also known in dialect as Handert Buchlen
Heimatbücher:
- Hundertbücheln - eine Ortsmonographie. Aus Hundertbüchelns Vergangenheit.
[E: ....- a village monograph. From ....past]. (Hermann Rehner). HOG,
1986. 104 S. [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Johann Martini, Bahnhofstr.
22/1, D-74226 Nordheim
Village Names:
- German: Irmesch
- Hungarian: Szászörményes
- Official: Ormenis
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- East of Tirnaveni, north of Dumbraveni
- Postal-Code: 3088
Population:
- 1786: 724
- 1910: 816
- 1940: 865 Lutherans
- 1966: 769
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 28 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Irmesch
- Church records available at FHL: BD: 1688-1944; M: 1689-1942
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417928-30; 1475962
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Szasz Ormenyes
- Microfilm Nr.: 1529951, item 2
- Leipzig archives: B: 1688-1944; M: 1689-1942; D: 1688-1944, with
gaps
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1319 as villa Ermen
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Derived from Hungarian "Örmenyes" = Armenian
Village Names:
- German: Jaad
- Hungarian: Jád
- Official: Livezile
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Good, Jood
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Just northeast of Bistrita
- Postal-Code: 4436
Population:
- 1786: 1147
- 1910: 1542
- 1940: 1143 Lutherans
- 1966: 2208
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 19 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1311
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Ortsgeschichte
- Jad (Slavic) = hell; Livezile (Rumanian) = the fruit gardens
- First power plant in the Nösnerland, in 1900
- Lutheran church now belongs to the Rumanian-Orthodox community
Heimatbücher:
- Abschied aus der Geschichte. Das Beispiel Jaad in Siebenbürgen.
Werden und Niedergang einer deutschen Gemeinde. [E: Farewell to history.
The example of Jaad in Transylvania. Development and decline of a German
community]. (Horst Göbbel). Nürnberg, Selbstverlag der HOG, 1990. 485
S. [G, IfA, MOB]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Erika Hoos, Neumühlweg 4, D-90449
Nürnberg.
Village Names:
- German: Jakobsdorf
- Hungarian: Jakabfalva
- Official: Jacobeni
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Iacobeni, Giukesdref
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Northeast of Agnita
- Postal-Code: 2496
Population:
- 1488: 75 heads of households, 3 indigents, 1 mill, a school and
4 empty houses
- 1786: 790
- 1910: 1094
- 1940: 784 Lutherans
- 1966: 1170
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 16 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
Heimatbücher:
- Gäste unterm Haakerech [Jakobsdorf am Harbach]. [E: Guests under
the Haakerech. ...on the Harbach]. (Alfred G Fielk, Johann Schuff). München,
Selbstverlag, 1993. 271 S. In Zusammenarbeit mit Wort und Welt Verlag,
Thaur/Innsbruck. (Schriftenreihe der Sieb.-Sächs. Stiftung, Bd. 9).
[G, MOB]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Johann Schuff, Carl Orff-Bogen
34, D-80939 München.
Village Names:
- German: Jakobsdorf
- Hungarian: Szászszentjakab
- Official: Siniacob
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- North of Lechinta, southwest of Bistrita
- Postal-Code: 4419
Population:
- 1786: 484
- 1910: 628
- 1940: 374 Lutherans
- 1966: 385
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had no members; the church was
sold to the Rumanians.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Szent Jakab
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1536806, item 1
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1332 as villa Jacobi
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Spelling with diacritics: Si^niacob
Heimatbücher:
- Heimatbuch der Gemeinde Jakobsdorf in Nordsiebenbürgen. [E: Heritage
book of the community of ... in north Transylvania]. (Maria und Dr.
Wilhelm Schmidt). Ludwigsburg, 1989. 162 S. Gefördert vom Sieb.-sächs.
Kulturrat aus Mitteln der Sieb.Sächs. Stiftung. [G, IfA, MOB] 2. Aufl.
1993?
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Maria Schmidt, Jägerhofallee
101, D-71638 Ludwigsburg
Village Names:
- German: Johannisdorf
- Hungarian: Szászszentiváni
- Official: Santioana
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Gehonnes, Sintioana
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 8km north of Dumbraveni
- Postal-Code: 3087
Population:
- 1857: 560
- 1910: 841 (510 Germans)
- 1940: 595 Lutherans
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had no members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Johannisdorf
- Church records available at FHL: BMD: 1710-1944
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1476966-1476969
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Szasz Szent
Ivany
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529951, item 2
- Leipzig archives: B: 1904-1944; M: 1914-1943; D: 1913-1944
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1303
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Ortsgeschichte
- Known for its wine, "Johannisdorfer Mädchentraube"
- Spelling with diacritics: Sa^ntioana, Si^ntioana
Heimatbücher:
- Johannisdorfer Chronik. [E: .... Chronicle]. (Eduard Kletter).
Offenbach, 1994. 135 S. (SZ 15.3.95) [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Eduard Kletter, Bernardstr.
55, D-63067 Offenbach.
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