A significativa herança saxônica (alemã) da Romênia é óbvia no sul Transilvânia,
home to 259 Saxon towns and villages. Saxons came to Transylvania during the mid 1100s from the Rhine and Moselle Rivers regions.
Highly respected for their skill and talent the Saxons succeeded in gaining administrative autonomy,
almost unmatched in the entire feudal Europe of absolute monarchies.
Smaller towns and villages that also feature unique Saxon Heritage and deserve a visit include: Biertan, Cálnico, Copsa Mare, Crítico, Prejmer, Harman, Rico, Rúpia, Saschiz, Viscri.
Beginning in the late 1800s and lasting until the mid 1900s Romania's culture and arts acknowledged great French influences. Bucharest, the capital of Romania was known in the 1930s as "The Little Paris" or "The Paris of the East" and French was the second language in Romania. However, Bucharest owes to its German-born king, Carol I, much of the systematization and modernization that occurred during late 1800s early 1900s.
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Linha do tempo da história dos saxões e suevos na Romênia
Evidências documentais mostram que os alemães estão presentes no território da atual Romênia há mais de oito séculos; o seu número aumentou ou diminuiu dependendo do contexto histórico e político.
Entre as duas guerras mundiais, quase 800.000 alemães étnicos viveram na Grande Roménia. Os seus representantes formaram a sua própria facção no Parlamento romeno.
Alemães da Bucovina, Bessarábia e Dobruja foram "deslocados", e 63.000 alemães da Roménia foram alistados no exército alemão com base num acordo entre a Roménia e a Alemanha.
In the early years after World War II, Germans in Romania were collectively discriminated against, with most of them being expropriated. Until 1948, they had no political rights. In 1945, 75,000 Germans were deported to forced labor in the Soviet Union, from where most of those who survived did not return until 1949.
The desire to emigrate among the German population in Romania grew, especially after 1970, due to the fact that the Federal Republic of Germany created favorable conditions for the reception of Germans. In 1989, there were still about 200,000 Germans living in Romania, but by the 2002 census, their number had dropped to 60,000.
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Eu sou saxão
Chronicles the history of the little-known Transylvanian Saxons.
From their humble beginnings in the 12th century as immigrants
to a remote and sparsely populated area in the southern basin of the Carpathian Mountains,
the Saxons became renowned for their fine trade guilds and seven beautiful, fortified towns.
Mas depois de oitocentos e cinquenta anos, os saxões foram forçados a evacuar - ou decidiram partir -
sua terra natal em Siebenbürgen (a terra das sete cidades fortificadas).
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Eventos dos Saxões da Transilvânia
Todos os anos, eventos coloridos celebrar a extraordinária herança e história dos saxões da Transilvânia. Os mais proeminentes incluem:
O "Haferland"Semana - Transylvania Oat Country Festival
Saptamana Haferland
Encontro Global dos Saxões da Transilvânia
Intalnirea Sasilor na Transilvânia
Desfile “Urzelnlauf” / ”Lolelor” (Máscaras)
Parada Lolelor - Fuga Lolelor
Kronnenfest
Sarbatoárea Coroanei
Heimatagem
uma palavra alemã que se traduz como 'casa' ou 'pátria'
Zilele Culturale ale Germanilor din Banat



