WHKMLA : History of Transylvania

A. Possevino, Transilvania (1584) per cura del dr Andrea Veress, 1913, IA
L.A. Gebhardi, Geschichte des Grossfürstenthums Siebenbürgen und der Königreiche Gallizien .. (1808) in German, IA
J. Paget, Hungary and Transylvania; with remarks on their condition (1839), IA, J. Paget, Hungary and Transylvania; with remarks on their condition, social, political and economical, vol.1 (1850), vol.2 (1850), IA
E. Gerard, The land beyond the forest: facts, figures and fancies from Transylvania vol.1 1888, vol.2 1888, IA
I. Jivi-Banatanu, The Transylvania Problem, 1920, IA
Transylvania under the rule of Roumania; report of the American Unitarian Commission 1921, IA
Transylvanus Viator (pseudonym), In Transylvania, 1921, IA
J. Ajtay, The Transylvanian Question, 1921, IA
L.C. Cornish, Transylvania in 1922; report of the commission sent by the American and British Unitarian churches to Transylvania in 1922, 1923, IA
L.C. Cornish, Transylvania The Land Beyond The Forest (1947), IA

Links

General

Category : Transylvania, from Wikipedia
Kategorie : Siebenbürgen, from Wikipedia German Edition
Kategoria : Erdely, from Wikipedia Hungarian Edition
Categorie : Transilvania, from Wikipedia Romanian Edition

on History

Category : History of Transylvania, from Wikipedia
Kategoria : Erdely törtenelme, from Wikipedia Hungarian Edition
Categorie : Istoria Transilvaniei, from Wikipedia Romanian Edition
Historical Text Archive : Articles Europe, several entries on Transylvania

Organizations

Societies

Academia Romana. Centrul de Studii Transilvane Cluj-Napoca
Arbeitskreis für siebenbürgische Landeskunde

Institutions

Universität Heidelberg, Siebenbürgen-Institut
Ungarisches Institut München

Historical Dictionary

Oesterreichische National Encyklopädie vol.1 A-D, 1835, vol.2 E-H, 1835, vol.3 J-M, 1835, vol.4 N-S, 1836, vol.5 S-V, 1836, vol.6 W-Z, Suppl., 1837, in German, GB
Enciclopedia Romaniei, in Romanian

Timelines

Accounts of History

General, Modern

Transylvania, the land beyond the forests online, from Alba Iulia Online
Article History of Transylvania, from Wikipedia

General, Historical

The Rise of Transylvania, from A Short History of Austria-Hungary by H. Wickham-Steed, 1914
Laszlo Makkai and Andraj Mocsy (ed.), History of Transylvania. Vol. I, from the Beginnings to 1606, Vol. II : From 1606 to 1830, Vol. III (ed. by Zoltan Szasz) : From 1830 to 1919, online book posted by Magyar Elektronikus Konyvtar

Specific Periods

The Turkish Hegemony, from History of Transylvania, caution, nationalistic Rumanian site
Romania, pp.252-350 in : C.A. MacArtney, Hungary and her Successors, 1919-1937, (1937) posted by Hungarian History, online book; on the areas R. acquired from H.
Elöd Kincses, Black Spring, Romania's Path from Revolution to Pogrom, December 1989 March 1990, (n.d.) posted by Hungarian History, online book
M. Jokai, The golden age in Transylvania (1898), posted on Internet Archive
Louis Kossuth and the Lost Revolutions in Hungary and Transylvania (1850), IA
L. Szadeczky Kadoss, Erdely es Mihaly vajda tortenete, 1595-1601. okleveltorral (1893), in Hungarian, posted on Internet Archive
Articles : Voivodeship of Transylvania, Eastern Hungarian Kingdom, Principality of Transylvania (1570-1711), Principality of Transylvania (1711-1867), Union of Transylvania with Roimania, from Wikipedia

Politics & Administration

J.A. Ritter von Grimm, Die politische Verwaltung im Grossfürstenthum Siebenbürgen (1857) in German, posted on Internet Archive
F. Zieglauer, Die politische Reformbewegung in Siebenbürgen in der Zeit Joseph's II. und Leopold's II (1881) in German, posted on Internet Archive
Article : Transylvanian Diet, from Wikipedia
H. Connert, Die Stuhlsverfassung im Szeklerlande und auf dem Königsboden bis zum Ende des 15. Jahrhunderts; ein Vergleich 1906, IA

Military

Austrian Grenz-Infantry of the Seven Years' War, 1756 - 1763, from miniaturen.de
Die Militärgrenze - Ein Habsburger "Limes", from Flacker-Seiten, in German
J. Czetz, Bem's Feldzug in Siebenbürgen in den Jahren 1848 und 1849 (1850) in German, IA
G. Klapka, J. Czetz, Der Nationalkrieg in Ungarn und Siebenbürgen in den Jahren 1848 und 1849 (1851) in German, IA
F.I. de Simeonibus, De bello transylvanico, 1713 (on the Habsburg-Ottoman War 1661-1664), IA

Economy & Finances

General

Boner, Transylvania, its Products and its People (1855)
Charles Boner, Transylvania : Its Products and its People (1865), posted by Electronic Text Archive

Finances, Taxation

C. Wolff, Die directen Staatslteuern in sächsischen Städten : mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Hermannstadt 1881, IA

Agriculture

Article Romanian Wine : Transylvania, Silvaner, Tokaj-Hegyalia, from EncycloWine

Mining

Ovidio Mera, Turda Salt Mine
Showcaves : Romania
Siebenbürgische Zeitung, Siebenbürgischer Bergbau: "Auraria Romano-Dacica" in deutscher Übersetzung, review 2010
U. Konz, Salz und Silber in Siebenbürgen, Siebenbürgische Zeitung 2009, review of research project & serial publication

Manufacture

Siebenbürgische Zeitung, Industriegeschichte in Siebenbürgen, 2012 review

Tourism

C. von Greissing, Die Mineralquellen zu Zaizon in Siebenburgen, so wie die beruhmteren Curorte Siebenburgens (1855) in German, posted on Internet Archive

Business, Labour Organization

Attila Hunyadi, Three Paradigms of Economic Cooperatives with Nationalist Taxonomy in Transylvania, IEHC 2006

Social History

Judith Balogh, Karrieremöglichkeiten der Szekler Adligen in der Zeit von Stephan Bocskai, in German
D.G. Scheint, Das Land und Volk der Szeckler in Siebenbürgen: In physischer, politischer, statistischer und ... (1833) in German, posted on Internet Archive
Article : Transmigration (Österreich), from Wikipedia German edition

Ethnography

General

R.S. Charnock, The Peoples of Transylvania, pp.clxx-clxxv in Journal of the Anthropological Society vol.7 1869, IA
I.A. Pop, Nations and Denominations in Transylvania, from Tolerance and Intolerance in Historical Perspective, edited by Csaba Levai and Vasile Ves, 2003
Abstract of C. Popa-Gorjanui, Transylvanian Identities in the Middle Ages, medievalists.net
Alain du Nay, Hungarians and Rumanians in the Torrents of History
Elemer Illyes, National Minorities in Romania. Change in Transylvania (1982), posted by Hungarian History, online book
J.F. Cadzow, A. Ludanyi, L.J. Elteto, Transylvania. The Roots of Ethnic Conflict (1983), posted by Hungarian History, online book

Romanian

Die rumänische Frage in Siebenbürgen und Ungarn : Replic der rumänischen academischen Jugend Siebenbürgens und Ungarns zu der von der magyarischen academischen Jugend veröffentlichten "Antwort" auf die "Denkschrift" der Studierenden der Universitäten Rumäniens 1892, IA
I. Slavici, Die Rumänen in Ungarn, Siebenbürgen und der Bukowina (1881) in German, posted on Internet Archive
N. Iorga, Istoria rominilor din Ardeal si Ungaria, 1905, IA

Hungarian

The Hungarians of Transylvania, from Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Rumania, timeline
History of the Szekely People, from Wikipedia

German

The Transylvania Saxons, from genealogy.net
The History of Transylvania and the Transylvanian Saxons, by Konrad Gündisch, 114 K (focusses much on the settlement history; ch. 5 : Province of the Habsburg Empire
Article Landler (Protestanten), from Wikipedia German edition; Transylvanian Landler, from Wikipedia
R.F. Kaindl, Geschichte der Deutschen in den Karpathenländern, v.2, v.3 (1911) in German, posted on Internet Archive
F.G. Schultheiss, Deutschtum und Magyarisierung in Ungarn und Siebenbürgen (1898) in German, posted on Internet Archive
J.H. Schwicker, Die Deutschen in Ungarn und Siebenbürgen (1881) in German, posted on Internet Archive
Deutsches Colonialwesen in Ungern und Siebenbürgen im achtzehnten und neunzehnten Jahrhunderte , 1849, IA

Gypsies

J.H. Schwicker, Die Zigeuner in Ungarn und Siebenbürgen (1883) in German, posted on Internet Archive

Armenians

Vortrag im Polnischen Institut: Armenier in Siebenbürgen im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert, 2009

Religion

General

C. Agnethler, Kirche in Siebenbürgen
I.A. Pop, Nations and Denominations in Transylvania, from Tolerance and Intolerance in Historical Perspective, edited by Csaba Levai and Vasile Ves, 2003
J.G. Bauhofer, History of the Protestant church in Hungary, from the beginning of the Reformation to 1850; with special reference to Transylvania 1854, IA

Orthodox

Romanian Monasteries, scroll down for Metropolitanate of Ardeal
M.G. Dampier, History of the Orthodox Church in Austria-Hungary vol.1 : Hermannstadt, 1906, IA
The Metropolitanate of Hermannstadt, pp.48-52 in M.G. Dampier, The organization of the Orthodox Eastern churches 1910, IA

Catholic

Ordo Fratrum Minorum, scroll down for Romania; Franciscan Provinces with their Custodies and Convents, c.1350, from M. van der Heijden and B. Roest, click Hungaria
Search OSB (Order of Saint Benedict) for Romania
Kalman E., Tracking Jesuit Successes and Failures in Hungary and Transylvania, 1640-1750, Seminar and Lecture; Jezuiti in Romania, in Romanian
Catholic Church in Romania, from GCatholic

Lutheran

Kirche der Siebenbürger Sachsen (Church of the Transylvanian Saxons), by Trappold.de, in German
Handbuch für die evangelische Landeskirche Augsburgischen Bekenntnisses im Grossfürstenthum Siebenbürgen (1857) in German, posted on Internet Archive
Article : Landler (Protestanten), from Wikipedia German edition
C. Sibeanu, The Landler from Sebes

Calvinist

D. Buzogany, A Short History of Transylvania and the Hungarian Reformed Church in Transylvania

Unitarian

Glen Buttars, Unitarian Universalist History; M. Worth, A Short History of Orthodoxy and Heresy: A Unitarian Universalist Perspective (2000)
Article : Unitarische Kirche Siebenbürgen, from Wikipedia German edition
Article : Unitarian Church of Transylvania, from Wikipedia
Article : John Sigismund Unitarian Academy at Cluj-Napoca, from Wikipedia

Anabaptist

E. Bollobas, United in Separation, Hungarian Review IV.2 2012; article deals with History of Hutterites in Transylvania
Articles Transylvania, Alwinz, from GAMEO
P.I.A. Todjeras, Die Hutterer in Siebenbürgen, thesis Wien 2008

Jewish

The Jews of Transylvania, a Bibliography, from Zion Tours
A. Majuru, Khazar Jews and Transylvania. A Historiographic Argument
The Yivo Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe : Transylvania, Alba Iulia, Brasov, Cluj, Sibiu

Sabbatharians

S. Kohn, Die Sabbatharier in Siebenbürgen : Ihre Geschichte, Literatur und Dogmatik (1894) in German, posted on Internet Archive
Church of God News, Transylvania Sabbatarians

History of Regions

Articles Northern Transylvania, Szekely Land, Burzenland, from Wikipedia
Articles on Counties within Kingdom of Hungary : Also-Feher County, Beszterce-Naszod County, Brasso County, Csik County, Fogaras County, Haromszek County, Hunyad County, Kis-Küküllö County, Kolozs County, Maros-Torda County, Nagy-Küküllö County, Szeben County, Szolnok-Doboka County, Torda-Aranyos County, Udvarhely County, from Wikipedia

Local History

History of Cluj (Kolozsvar/Klausenburg), from webcluj; from Wikipedia
Geschichte von Brasov, (Kronstadt) (History of Brasov), from 4ever Laura; from Wikipedia
History of Sibiu (Hermannstadt), from Wikipedia
Article : Turda (History) (Thorenburg, Torda), from Wikipedia
Article : Sighisoara (History) (Schässburg, Seghesvar), from Wikipedia

Institutions

Culture

Tea and Carpets : Romania : Transylvanian Carpets and Gothic Churches

Biographies

Famous Transylvanians, from Transylvania Info
Berühmte Siebenbürger Sachsen (Famous Transylvanian Saxons), from SibiWeb

Others

WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS

Historical Data

Lists of Statesmen

from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon); from Rulers (B. Schemmel), scroll down for Transylvana
Titles of European Hereditary Rulers : Transylvania
Liste der Fürsten von Siebenbürgen, from Wikipedia German edition
Article : Gubernator von Siebenbürgen, from Wikipedia German edition

Lists of Bishops

Siebenbürgen : Die Bischöfe der evangelischen Kirche A.B., posted by C. Agnethler

Population Figures

Historical Population Statistics : Romania, by administrative divisions, from Population Statistics by Jan Lahmeyer; data since 1948
Census Data by Hungarian County 1913, Also-Feher County, Beszterce-Naszod County, Brasso County, Csik County, Fogaras County, Haromszek County, Hunyad County, Kis-Küküllö County, Kolozs County, Maros-Torda County, Nagy-Küküllö County, Szeben County, Szolnok-Doboka County, Torda-Aranyos County, Udvarhely County, from Talma Media

Documents

Modern Newspapers

Siebenbürgische Zeitung, in German, 1950-

Historical Newspapers

Online Yearbooks

Staatskalender

international

Image Databanks

Andras Seitz, Images of Transylvania, from Historical Text Archive

Archival Deposits

Laws

Jus Transylvanico Saxonicum 1845, IA
Die provisorische Civilprozessordnung für Siebenbürgen, (Ungarn, Kroatien, Slavonien, die serbische Woiwodschaft und das Temeser Banat) 1852, IA

Treaties

Document Surveys

Leo Baeck Institute, Survey of Archival Materials Related to Jewish Communities in Southern Transylvania and Southern Bukovina, Yerusha Project
Index manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Batthyaniannae diocesis Transylvaniensis, 1871, IA
F. Zimmermann, Das Archiv der Stadt Hermannstadt und der Sächsischen Nation, 1887, IA

Document Collections

Urkundenbuch zur Geschichte der Deutschen in Siebenbürgen Online
Verhandlungen der sächsischen National-Conflures Sept.-Dec. 1868, in German, IA
Archivum Rakoczianum, Angol Diplomatiai Iratok (Documents from English Archives) vol.1 1871, covers 1703-1705, vol.2 1873, covers 1705-1706, vol.3 1877, covers 1706-1711, IA
Recueil des griefs de la minorite hongroise de Roumanie; derivant de la violation du traite conclu a Paris le 9 dec. 1919 entre les principales puissances alliees et associees et la Roumanie au sujet de la protection des minorites vol.1 1922, IA
S. Sandor (ed.), Actes et documents pour servir a l'histoire de l'alliance de George Rakoczy, prince de Transylvanie avec les français et les Suedois dans la guerre de trente ans 1874, IA
Programm des Evangel. Gymnasiums A. B. Und der damit verbundenen Realschule zu Hermannstadt 1891, IA
J, Graf Kemeny (ed.), Deutsche Fundgruben zur Geschichte Siebenbürgens vol.1 1839, vol.2 1839, IA

Individual Documents

M. Gal, A.G. Balogh, F. Imreh, White Book : Atrocities against Hungarians in the Autumn of 1944 (in Transylvania, Romania), (1995) posted by Hungarian History, online book ; Transylvanian World Federation / Danubian Research and Information Center, Genocide in Transylvania. Nation on the Death Row, (1985) posted by Hungarian History, online book ; Arpad Kosztin, Chronicle of Cruelties. Romanian Mistreatment of the Hungarian Mnority in Transylvania (n.d., recent), posted by Hungarian History, online book
Exerzier und Dienstes-Vorschriften für die Bürgerwehr in Hermannstadt 1848, IA

Historical Maps

general collections

South East Europe History Map Index, from Eliznik

responsible institutions

entire country, modern

Grossfürstentum Siebenbürgen um 1770, from Wikipedia

entire country, contemporary

Map : Nations of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, 1910 from Eotvos Univ., Budapest, Dept. of Cartography (226 k)
Map : Austria-Hungary (borders of Catholic Dioceses; from Streit, Atlas Hierarchicus 1913), posted by M. Witkam
Map : Walachians (Romanians) in Hungary, census 1890, from Wikimedia Commons

detail, modern

Maps : Erdely Administrative, 1787-2002, from Erdely Magyar Adatbank

detail, contemporary

Hungary County Maps 1913 : Also-Feher, Beszterce-Naszod, Maros-Torda, Brasso, Haromszek, Csik, Udvarhely, Fogaras, Szeben, Hunyad, Kis-Küküllö, Nagy-Küküllö, Kolosz, Torda-Aranyos, Szolnok-Doboka, from Talma Media

Historical
Encyclopedia Entries

General

Articles Transylvania, Brasso, Gyula-Fehervar, Koloszvar, Maros-Vasarhely, Nagyszeben, Segesvar, Szeklers, from EB 1911
Article Siebenbürgen (Transylvania), Klausenburg, Hermannstadt, Mediasch, Kronstadt, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German
Article Siebenbürgen, from Brockhaus Conversations-Lexikon 1809-1811, in German
Article Siebenbürgen, from Brockhaus Bilder-Conversations-Lexikon 1837-1841, in German
Articles Siebenbürgen, Siebenbürgen, Geschichte von, from Pierer's Universal-Lexikon 1857-1865, in German
Articles Siebenbürgen, Comitats : Bistritz-Naszod, Csik, Fogaras, Haromszek, Hermannstadt, Hunyad, Klausenburg, Kokelburg, Szolnok-Doboka, Torda-Aranyos, Udvarhely; Cities : Fogaras, Hermannstadt, Klausenburg, Kronstadt, Mediasch, Others : Burzenland, Szekler, Unitarier, from Meyers Grosses Konversations-Lexikon 1902-1909, in German

Religious

Articles Transylvania, from Catholic Encyclopedia 1907-1914 edition; from Jewish Encyclopedia 1901-1906 edition

Economic

Political

Geographical

Historical

Histoire d'Hongrie et de Transilvanie, pp.218-333 [on 1619-1718] in vol.32 of Maximilian-Samson-Friedrich Schöll, Cours d'histoire des Etats Europeens, depuis le bouleversement de l'empire romain d'Occident jusqu'en 1789, 1832, in French, GB

Parliamentary Debates

Tour Guides

Transylvania & Roumania Section, from Baedeker, Southern Germany and Austria, including Hungary and Transylvania : a Handbook for Travellers (1883), posted by Electronic Text Archive
K. Baedeker, Southern Germany and Austria, Including Hungary and Transylvania: Handbook for Travellers (1887), posted on Internet Archive
K. Baedeker, Austria, Including Hungary, Transylvania, Dalmatia, and Bosnia: Handbook for Travellers (1900), posted on Internet Archive

Travelogues

I. Edler von Born, R.E. Raspe, J.J. Ferber, Travels through the Bannat of Temeswar, Transylvania, and Hungary, in the year 1770. Described in a series of letter to Prof. Ferber, on the mines and mountains of these different countries (1777), IA
D.T. Ansted, A short trip in Hungary and Transylvania in the spring of 1862, 1862, IA

Institutions