See also:

• NAGYSZEBEN (Ger. Hermannstadt, Rumanian Sibiu)

NAGYSZEBEN (Ger. Hermannstadt, Rumanian Sibiu)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary, in Transylvania, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of Szeben, 122 M . S.S.E. of See also:

• KOLOZSVAR (Ger. Klausenburg; Rum. Cluj)

Kolozsvar by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (r9oo) 26,077, of whom 16,141 were See also:

• SAXONS

Saxons (Germans), 7106 Rumanians, and 5747 See also:

• MAGYARS

Magyars . It is beautifully situated at an See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of 1411 ft. in the fertile valley of the Cibin (Hungarian, Szeben), encircled or, all sides by the Transylvanian See also:

• ALPS

Alps . It is the seat of a See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek Orthodox (Rumanian) See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop, and of the See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of the Protestants for the Transylvanian circle . Some parts of See also:

• NAGYSZEBEN (Ger. Hermannstadt, Rumanian Sibiu)

Nagyszeben have a See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, with houses built in the old See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . The most noteworthy of its public buildings is the handsome See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, begun in the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century and finished in 1520, in the See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic style, containing a beautiful See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup-shaped See also:

• FONT (Lat. fans, " fountain " or " spring," Ital. fonte, Fr. les fonts)

font, See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast by Meister Leonhardus in 1438, and a large mural See also:

• PAINTING

painting of the Crucifixion by Johannes von Rosenau (1445) . In the so-called New Church, comprising the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• PART

part of the whole See also:

• BUILDING

building, which is an addition of the 16th century, are many beautiful memorials of Saxon notables . Other buildings are: the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish church, founded in 1726; the church of the Ursuline nuns, built in 1474; the town See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall, an imposing building of the 15th century, See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased by the See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality in 1545 and containing the archives of the " Saxon nation." The Brukenthal See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, built in 1777-1787 by See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel von Brukenthal (1721-1803), See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Transylvania, contains an interesting picture-See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery with See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good examples of the Dutch school, and a library . The museum contains a natural See also:

• HISTORY

history See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section with the See also:

• COMPLETE

complete See also:

• FAUNA

fauna and See also:

• FLORA

flora of Transylvania, and a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich ethnographical section . Nagyszeben has a See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy, a See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary for Greek Orthodox priests, a military academy and several secondary See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools .

There are manufactures of See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, See also:

• LINEN

linen, See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather, caps, boots, See also:

• SOAP

soap, candles, See also:

• ROPES, JOHN CODMAN (1836–1899)

ropes, as well as breweries and distilleries . The German name of the town is traceable to See also:

• HERMANN, JOHANN GOTTFRIED JAKOB (1772–1848)
• HERMANN, KARL FRIEDRICH (1804–1855)

Hermann, a See also:

• CITIZEN (a form corrupted in Eng., apparently by analogy with " denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)

citizen of See also:

• NUREMBERG (Ger. Nurnberg)

Nuremberg, who about the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 12th century established a See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony on the spot . In the 13th century it See also:

• BORE

bore the name of See also:

• VILLA

Villa Hermanni . Under the last monarchs of the native Magyar See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty Hermannstadt enjoyed exceptional privileges, and its See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce with the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to importance . In the course of the 15th and 16th centuries it was several times besieged by the See also:

• TURKS

Turks . At the beginning of 1849 it was the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of several engagements between the Austrians and Hungarians; and later in the See also:

• YEAR

year it was several times taken and retaken by the Russians and Hungarians .