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    Szeben was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (southern Transylvania). The capital...
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    Battle of Hermannstadt, also known as the Battle of Sibiu or the Battle of Szeben, was fought between the army of the Hungarian Kingdom and the Ottoman Empire...
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    identical. Ethnographic areas: Transylvania proper: Mărginimea Sibiului (Szeben-hegyalja) Transylvanian Plain (Câmpia Transilvaniei/Mezőség) Țara Bârsei...
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    privileges of the Transylvanian Saxons and captured their wealthiest town, Szeben (now Sibiu in Romania), provoking an uprising in 1610. His attempts to expand...
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    partner, Simone Boué, until his death in 1995. Cioran was born in Resinár, Szeben County, Kingdom of Hungary (today Rășinari, Sibiu County, Romania). His...
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    of Szeben. The municipal privileges enabling local priest and judge elections, that the Saxon seats and villages received came to be known as "Szeben freedom"...
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    Phleps Nickname(s) Papa Phleps Born (1881-11-29)29 November 1881 Birthälm, Szeben County, Austria-Hungary Died 21 September 1944(1944-09-21) (aged 62) Șimand...
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    Hunyadi defeated Mezid Bey and the raiding Ottoman army at the Battle of Szeben in the south part of the Kingdom of Hungary in Transylvania. In September...
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    home a number of these valiant mountain soldiers, and settled them in the Szeben County." A Byzantine church document mentions that in 1190, "the Cumans...
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  • The Count of Hermannstadt, also Count of Sibiu or Count of Szeben (Hungarian: szebeni ispán), was the head of the Transylvanian Saxons living in the wider...
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    supporters and adopted a passive stance. Péter Haller, the royal magistrate at Szeben, was the only Saxon at the court of Gyulafehérvár. The Székelys had only...
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  • Johannes Thesselius (Erfurt c. 1590 – Szeben, 1643) was a German-Transylvanian composer of church and dance music. He came from Vienna in 1625 to be kapellmeister...
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    it is known as Szeben megye, and in German as Kreis Hermannstadt. Under the Kingdom of Hungary, a county with an identical name (Szeben County, Romanian:...
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    Hunyadi defeated Mezid Bey and the raiding Ottoman army at the Battle of Szeben in the south part of the Kingdom of Hungary in Transylvania. In September...
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    Its Hungarian name is Nagyszeben ("Big/Greater Sibiu"), or colloquially, Szeben. In German, it is called Hermannstadt ("Hermann's town"), while in the local...
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    Bánlaky, József. "A szebeni csata 1442. március 25-én" [The Battle of Szeben on 25 March 1442]. A magyar nemzet hadtörténelme [The Military History of...
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    counties Alsó-Fehér, Kis-Küküllő, Udvarhely, Háromszék, Brassó, Fogaras, and Szeben. The river Târnava Mare formed part of its northern border and the river...
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    Mărginimea Sibiului (Hungarian: Szeben-Hegyalja) is an area which comprises 18 Romanian localities in the south-western part of Sibiu County, in southern...
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    portrait, Museum of the Romanian Peasant Born (1895-05-09)9 May 1895 Lámkerék, Szeben County, Austro-Hungarian Empire (today Lancrăm, Alba County, Romania) Died...
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  • Literature, news, etc. becomes more accessible throughout Europe. 1442 Battle of Szeben Third significant victory for the Hungarian forces led by Janos Hunyadi...
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    greatness, some to Fogaras (Făgăraș) county, some to Brassó (Brașov), some to Szeben (Sibiu), and they did not flee because of their rascality but only for the...
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    Ladislaus in the previous years. He elevated into the dignity of provost of Szeben (today Sibiu, Romania) by 1284, serving in this office until 1287. Simultaneously...
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    Date 27 August–2 September 1916 Location Southern half of Szeben County, Transylvania, Austria-Hungary, up to and including Nagyszeben itself (today in...
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    school in Bucharest, in 1817. Lazăr was born to a peasant family in Felek, Szeben County, Kingdom of Hungary, today Avrig, Sibiu County, Romania. He studied...
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    The Battle of Szeben...
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    shared borders with Hunyad, Torda-Aranyos, Kis-Küküllő, Nagy-Küküllő and Szeben counties. The rivers Mureș and Târnava flowed through the county. Its area...
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  • and retained his position of vice-chancellor. He was styled as provost of Szeben (today Sibiu, Romania) from 1261 to 1262, then as provost of Arad since...
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    Hunyadi defeated Mezid Bey and the raiding Ottoman army at the Battle of Szeben in the south part of the Kingdom of Hungary in Transylvania. In September...
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    The Cibin (German: Zibin; Hungarian: Szeben) is a river in central Romania, in the south part of Transylvania. Its source is close to the highest peak...
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    was originally part of the Alba Iulia Diocese, while the southern one, Szeben, was a provostship not comprised in any bishopric (and thus exempt). During...
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