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    The Transylvanian Saxon culture refers to the regional culture of the Transylvanian Saxons (German: Die Siebenbürger Sachsen, Romanian: Sași transilvăneni...
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    The Transylvanian Saxons (German: Siebenbürger Sachsen; Transylvanian Saxon: Siweberjer Såksen or simply Soxen, singularly Sox or Soax; Transylvanian Landler:...
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    The Transylvanian Saxon University (Latin: Universitas Saxonum, German: Nationsuniversität or Sächsische Nationsuniversität, Romanian: Universitatea Națiunii...
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  • are the integration of Transylvanian Saxons in Germany and the preservation and promotion of the Transylvanian Saxon culture. It is based in Munich,...
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    The Transylvanian Saxon cuisine is the traditional cuisine of the Transylvanian Saxons, a German ethnic group and minority (mostly of Luxembourgish descent...
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    Transylvania (redirect from Transylvanian)
    Siebenbürgen [ˌziːbm̩ˈbʏʁɡn̩] or Transsilvanien, historically Überwald; Transylvanian Saxon: Siweberjen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe...
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    an attempt to better understand their language, culture, customs, and history: Transylvanian Saxons – the largest and oldest German community in the...
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  • demanded similar rights for the Transylvanian Romanians as those enjoyed by the (largely) Hungarian nobility, the enfranchised Saxon patrician class, and the...
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    Sibiu (section Culture)
    pronounced [siˈbiw], German: Hermannstadt [ˈhɛʁmanʃtat], Latin: Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: Härmeschtat or Hermestatt, Hungarian: Nagyszeben [ˈnɒɟsɛbɛn]) is...
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    by Hungarian princes. Its territory, in addition to the traditional Transylvanian lands, also included the other major component called Partium, which...
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    this context, references to the "Transylvanian tricolor" often referred to a blue-yellow-red horizontal variation. Saxon organizations have traditionally...
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    of Culture with the Romanian town of Sibiu (German: Hermannstadt), one of the most important historical urban centres of the Transylvanian Saxons, both...
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    in 1429. Historian Radu Florescu writes that Vlad was born in the Transylvanian Saxon town of Sighișoara (then in the Kingdom of Hungary), where his father...
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    cultural organization by the name of ASTRA (The Transylvanian Association for Romanian Literature and the Culture of the Romanian People) was founded in Sibiu...
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  • community, and the Lutheran Church perceived itself as the bearer of Transylvanian Saxon culture. Among the new Protestant denominations, the Pentecostal movement...
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    persons. Ergo, the Saxon society's most powerful officials were the royal judge and the mayor, both from Szeben. The ecclesia of Transylvanian Saxony was very...
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  • Transylvania. The story may be an attempt to explain the Ostsiedlung of the Transylvanian Saxons in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Dracula, a novel by Bram...
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    Hermann Oberth (category Transylvanian Saxon people)
    an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocket pioneer of Transylvanian Saxon descent. Oberth supported Nazi Germany's war effort and received...
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    documents) is a culturally modified forest that carries the local Transylvanian Saxon culture over eight centuries. Both in terms of natural heritage and as...
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    pronunciation: [ˈbistrit͡sa] ; German: Bistritz, archaic Nösen, Transylvanian Saxon: Bästerts, Hungarian: Beszterce) is the capital city of Bistrița-Năsăud...
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    Luxembourgish (category Culture of Wallonia)
    traditional Dachsprache. It is also related to the Transylvanian Saxon dialect spoken by the Transylvanian Saxons in Transylvania, contemporary central Romania...
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    origin, which have been preserved in Transylvanian Protestant (Hungarian and Saxon) churches. The corpus of Transylvanian rugs constitutes one of the largest...
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    Alba Iulia is historically important for Romanians, Hungarians, and Transylvanian Saxons. In December 1918, Alba Iulia was officially declared Capital of...
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    [orəʃˈti.e]; German: Broos, Hungarian: Szászváros, Latin: Saxopolis, Transylvanian Saxon: Brooss) is a small town and municipality in Hunedoara County, south-western...
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    ASTRA Museum (category Romanian folk culture)
    fill a gap, presenting the role of the Transylvanian Saxons ethnic group in Transylvanian and Romanian culture. The museum's collections are based around...
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    similar pastry to kürtőskalács is Baumstriezel, originating in the Transylvanian Saxon communities. Kürtőskalács is made from sweet, yeast dough (raised...
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    Kronstadt, also Brasau; Hungarian: Brassó [ˈbrɒʃːoː]; Latin: Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: Kruhnen) is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat...
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    documentation of the cultural heritage of the Transylvanian Saxons and of their coexistence with the other Transylvanian ethnic groups in this multi-ethnic region...
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    Gothic structure was built between 1437 and 1488 by the ethnic German Transylvanian Saxon community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary...
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  • Transylvania has long been a center for folk music from all of these different cultures. Bartók and Kodály collected many folk songs from Transylvania early in...
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