Category: Photography

Reußmarkt & Großpold

In this article we will briefly visit the main square of Miercurea Sibiului and stop next to the Lutheran Church of Apoldu de Sus. The two old communities are situated westward from Sibiu, on the main road towards Sebeș…

By Cezar

Mediasch

Mediaș is the second largest town in Sibiu County and occupies a central position in the Transylvanian Plateau. Built by the German settlers in the 13th century, its name comes from the Hungarian word for the sour…

By Cezar

Again!

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying: I will try again tomorrow!…

By Cezar

Frauendorf

I guess that almost nobody living today knows who was Ioan Axente Sever, the man whose name was given to the ancient village of Frâua in 1931, known as Frauendorf in German and Asszonyfalva in Hungarian. I myself had to…

By Cezar

Marktschelken

Șeica Mare (Marktschelken in German, Nagyselyk in Hungarian) is quite close to Sibiu, on the northern road going towards Mediaș, between Slimnic and Axente Sever. I shall begin by saying that Marktschelken was a rather…

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Agnetheln

The name Agnita has always fascinated me, as I thought for a long time that it has some connection with Agni, the Indian God of Fire (the Sanskrit language being also an Indo-European language and ancient linguistic…

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Meschen

A glimpse of the fortified evangelical-lutheran church of Moșna (Meschen in German, Muzsna in Hungarian), built in the Gothic style around the year 1485 and fortified in 1520. The founding Germans have completely…

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First snow

First snow this winter

By cornr

Twilight

Cluj. Twilight. Yesterday.…

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In the blink of an eye

I look into myself and find perfect emptiness. (Charles Bukowski)…

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The Center of Romania

When I was a child, during the geography classes, they told us that the center of the country is in Agnita. Well, it is not exactly there but near Dealu Frumos, and since I was in the area, I had to have a look... There…

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Schönberg

We continue our journey and we cross back to Sibiu County, arriving in the commune of Merghindeal (Mergeln in German) and in its village of Șulumberg (the old Romanian name) or Dealu Frumos (Schönberg in German, Lesses…

By Cezar