Burzenland

View from the Schuler on part of the Burzenland. Law Ghimbav ( Weidenbach ) left Cristian ( Neustadt ) and at Zeidener Mountain Codlea ( Codlea to recognize).

The Burzenland ( Romanian Țara Bârsei , Hungarian Barcaság ) is a historical area in the southeast of Transylvania (today in Romania ), with Brașov ( Kronstadt ) as the most important city.

geography

The Burzenland lies in an inland depression within the Carpathian arch and is roughly bounded by the towns of Feldioara ( Marienburg ) in the north, Râșnov ( Rosenau ) in the southwest and Prejmer ( Tartlau ) in the southeast. It is named after the stream Burzen (Rum. Bârsa ), which flows into the Olt ( Alt ).

history

Map section of Burzenland (1959)

In 1211 the Hungarian King Andreas II assigned Burzenland as a settlement area to the Teutonic Knights Order , who built several castles there and recruited German settlers. The majority of them were Transylvanian Saxons from the neighboring Sibiu province (the seven chairs ), but also new settlers from Germany. After only 14 years, however, the order was driven out again after planning to establish a religious state independent from Hungary in the area.

The Transylvanian-Saxon settlers remained in Burzenland and organized themselves legally and administratively with extensive autonomy in the Kronstadt district on Königsboden . In 1876 Burzenland became part of the Kronstadt County after an administrative reform of the Transylvania reintegrated into the Kingdom of Hungary and is now part of the Brașov County after Transylvania was annexed to Romania in 1920 .

places

Settlement area of ​​the Transylvanian Saxons . Burzenland is located in the southeast of the map.

• Bartholomä (Bartolomeu, the northwestern part of Brașov )
• Bee Gardens ( Stupini )
• Brenndorf ( Bod )
• Hero village ( Hălchiu )
• Honey Mountain ( Hărman )
• Kronstadt ( Brașov )
• Marienburg ( Feldioara )
• Neustadt ( Cristian )
• Nussbach ( Măieruș )
• Petersberg ( Sânpetru )
• Rosenau ( Râșnov , earlier spelling Rîșnov)
• Rothbach ( Rotbav )
• Schirkanyen ( Șercaia )
• Tartlau ( Prejmer )
• Bran ( Bran )
• Weidenbach ( Ghimbav )
• Cloud Village ( Vulcan )
• Zeiden ( Codlea )

See also

• List of German and Hungarian names of Romanian places

literature

• Erich Jekelius (Ed.): The Burzenland. 4 volumes. Burzenländer Sächs publishing house. Museum, Kronstadt 1928–1929
  • Kronstadt. (= Das Burzenland. Volume III, 1) 1928.
  • The economic history of Burzenland. (= Das Burzenland. Volume V, 1) 1929.
  • The villages of Burzenland. (= Das Burzenland. Volume IV, 1) 1929.
• Martin Rill (Ed.): The Burzenland. Cities, villages, fortified churches. Edition Wort und Welt, Munich 1999. ISBN 3-932413-03-2 .
• Claus Stephani : The stone flowers. Burzenland Saxon sagas and local stories. Ion Creangă Published by Bucharest, 1977.
• Heinrich Wachner: History of the Burzenland. Aldus Verlag: Kronstadt, 1994

Web links

Commons : Burzenland  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Farmers and castles in Burzenland
• Former coat of arms of the province of Burzenland
• Tartlau - The largest castle in Transylvania

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thomas Nägler, Settlement of the Transylvanian Saxons , Kriterion Verlag, 1992
2. ^ Claus Stephani: Burzenländer Saxon legends and local stories