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Hungary Moldavia
First posted on November 21st 2003, last revised September 28th 2009






For the History after 1920 see Romania

Transylvania 1940-1944 . Romania . Hungary
Transylvania 1918-1940 . Romania
Transylvania 1867-1920 . Kingdom of Hungary
Transylvania 1790-1867 . Habsburg Austria
Transylvania 1683-1790
Transylvania 1526-1683 . Ottoman Empire

For the History prior to 1526 see Hungary

Historical Encyclopedias on the History of Transylvania
List of Wars, Transylvania Page



WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES
Country Profiles Article : Transylvania, from Wikipedia
Links, General Category : Transylvania, from Wikipedia
Kategorie : Siebenbürgen, from Wikipedia German Edition
Kategoria : Erdely, from Wikipedia Hungarian Edition
Categorie : Transilvania, from Wikipedia Romanian Edition
Links, 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
Historical Maps 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
South East Europe History Map Index, from Eliznik
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
Maps : Erdely Administrative, 1787-2002, from Erdely Magyar Adatbank
Timelines
Accounts of History The Rise of Transylvania, from A Short History of Austria-Hungary by H. Wickham-Steed, 1914
The Turkish Hegemony, from History of Transylvania, caution, nationalistic Rumanian site
Transylvania, the land beyond the forests online, from Alba Iulia Online
Article History of Transylvania, Eastern Hungarian Kingdom, Principality of Transylvania 1571-1711, from Wikipedia
Encyclopedia Articles Articles Transylvania, Brasso, Gyula-Fehervar, Koloszvar, Maros-Vasarhely, Nagyszeben, Segesvar, Szeklers, from EB 1911
Articles Transylvania, from Catholic Encyclopedia 1907-1914 edition; from Jewish Encyclopedia 1901-1906 edition
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
Military Austrian Grenz-Infantry of the Seven Years' War, 1756 - 1763, from miniaturen.de
Die Militärgrenze - Ein Habsburger "Limes", from Flacker-Seiten, in German
Economy Attila Hunyadi, Three Paradigms of Economic Cooperatives with Nationalist Taxonomy in Transylvania, IEHC 2006
Article Romanian Wine : Transylvania, Silvaner, Tokaj-Hegyalia, from EncycloWine
Ovidio Mera, Turda Salt Mine
Boner, Transylvania, its Products and its People (1855)
Ethnography The Hungarians of Transylvania, from Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Rumania, timeline
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
History of the Szekely People, from Wikipedia
Article Landler (Protestanten), from Wikipedia German edition; Transylvanian Landler, from Wikipedia
Judith Balogh, Karrieremöglichkeiten der Szekler Adligen in der Zeit von Stephan Bocskai, in German
Religion The Jews of Transylvania, a Bibliography, from Zion Tours
D. Buzogany, A Short History of Transylvania and the Hungarian Reformed Church in Transylvania
Kirche der Siebenbürger Sachsen (Church of the Transylvanian Saxons), by Trappold.de, in German
Romanian Monasteries, scroll down for Metropolitanate of Ardeal
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
Glen Buttars, Unitarian Universalist History; M. Worth, A Short History of Orthodoxy and Heresy: A Unitarian Universalist Perspective (2000)
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
History of Cities History of Cluj (Kolozsvar/Klausenburg), from webcluj; from Wikipedia
Geschichte von Brasov, (Kronstadt) (History of Brasov), from 4ever Laura; from Wikipedia
History of Sibiu, from Wikipedia
Bibliographies Rumänien, from Computatio
Bookshop Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, scroll down for series Salz und Silber in Siebenbürgen
Publikationen Konrad Gündisch, from BKGE
Curtis Schuh's Biobibliography of Mineralogy : Fichtel, Johann Ehrenreich von
Transylvania Saxons : Bibliography, from Genealogienetz
Klaus Popa, Historische Literatur über Siebenbürgen und angrenzende Gebiete
Biographies Famous Transylvanians, from Transylvania Info
Berühmte Siebenbürger Sachsen (Famous Transylvanian Saxons), from SibiWeb

WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS
Lists of Statesmen from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon); from Rulers (B. Schemmel), scroll down for Transylvana
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 Andras Seitz, Images of Transylvania, from
Archives Transylvania Saxons : Archives and Libraries, from Genealogienetz
Category : Museums in Romania, from Wikipedia; Museums in Romania, from Virtual Library
Category : Libraries in Romania, from Wikipedia
State Symbols Coat of Arms, from International Civic Heraldry
Coins Transylvania 1731 Golden Ducat, from Romanian Coins
Medal Transylvania is Ours (Romanian), 1944, from Romanian Coins
Romanian and Hungarian Coin and Currency Catalogue, by Levi

PRINTED REFERENCE
Online Libraries Internet Archive, Project Gutenberg, Corvinus Library Hungarian History, Historical Text Archive : Europe, Central and Eastern European Online Library (requires registration), Electronic Text Archive, from DXARTS / CARTAH, Univ. of Washington
Hungarian Electronic Library
General Accounts Istvan Lazar, Transylvania - a Short History, Safety Harbor : Ingram 1997, 274 pp., KMLA Lb.Sign. 949.84 L431t; click here for online edition, from Historical Text Archive
Milton G. Lehrer, Transylvania. History and Reality, Bartleby Press 1986 [G]
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
L.C. Cornish, Transylvania The Land Beyond The Forest (1947), posted on Internet Archive
L.A. Gebhardi, Geschichte des Grossfürstenthums Siebenbürgen und der Königreiche Gallizien .. (1808) in German, posted on Internet Archive
Alain du Nay, Hungarians and Rumanians in the Torrents of History
Specific Topics 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.
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
Elöd Kincses, Black Spring, Romania's Path from Revolution to Pogrom, December 1989 March 1990, (n.d.) posted by Hungarian History, online book
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
Charles Boner, Transylvania : Its Products and its People (1865), posted by Electronic Text Archive
Transylvania & Roumania Section, from Baedeker, Southern Germany and Austria, including Hungary and Transylvania : a Handbook for Travellers (1883), posted by Electronic Text Archive
R.F. Kaindl, Geschichte der Deutschen in den Karpathenländern, v.2, v.3 (1911) in German, posted on Internet Archive
M. Jokai, The golden age in Transylvania (1898), posted on Internet Archive
J. Paget, Hungary and Transylvania; with remarks on their condition (1839), posted on Internet Archive, J. Paget, Hungary and Transylvania; with remarks on their condition, social, political and economical, vol.1 (1850), vol.2 (1850), posted on Internet Archive
K. Baedeker, Southern Germany and Austria, Including Hungary and Transylvania: Handbookfor Travellers (1887), posted on Internet Archive
K. Baedeker, Austria, Including Hungary, Transylvania, Dalmatia, and Bosnia: Handbook for Travellers (1900), posted on Internet Archive
Louis Kossuth and the Lost Revolutions in Hungary and Transylvania (1850), posted on Internet Archive
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), posted on Internet Archive
L. Szadeczky Kadoss, Erdely es Mihaly vajda tortenete, 1595-1601. okleveltorral (1893), in Hungarian, posted on Internet Archive
C. von Greissing, Die Mineralquellen zu Zaizon in Siebenburgen, so wie die beruhmteren Curorte Siebenburgens (1855) 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
J.H. Schwicker, Die Zigeuner in Ungarn und Siebenbürgen (1883) in German, posted on Internet Archive
J. Czetz, Bem's Feldzug in Siebenbürgen in den Jahren 1848 und 1849 (1850) in German, posted on Internet Archive
I. Slavici, Die Rumänen in Ungarn, Siebenbürgen und der Bukowina (1881) in German, posted on Internet Archive
S. Kohn, Die Sabbatharier in Siebenbürgen : Ihre Geschichte, Literatur und Dogmatik (1894) in German, posted on Internet Archive
D.G. Scheint, Das Land und Volk der Szeckler in Siebenbürgen: In physischer, politischer, statistischer und ... (1833) in German, posted on Internet Archive
G. Klapka, J. Czetz, Der Nationalkrieg in Ungarn und Siebenbürgen in den Jahren 1848 und 1849 (1851) in German, posted on Internet Archive
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
Handbuch für die evangelische Landeskirche Augsburgischen Bekenntnisses im Grossfürstenthum Siebenbürgen (1857) in German, posted on Internet Archive