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 (redirect from Battle of Szeben)
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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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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