Deutsches Wortgut in rumänischen Pflanzennamen. Ein Bericht aus der rumänischen Wörterbuchpraxis by Radu Drăgulescu

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MUSIC TRANSFER AND CULTURAL CONTACT: ROMANIAN POPULAR SONGS IN THE REPERTOIRE OF THE SAXONS FROM THE SECAȘE VALLEY by Theodor CONSTANTINIU

Subjects: “…Transylvanian Saxons, Secașe Valley, cultural exchange, inter-ethnic relations, acculturation, Romanian folk songs, Southern Transylvania…”
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Creating a digital historical map of the German-inhabited areas in southern Transylvania (central Romania) in 1848 by Andrei Nacu

“…This area was shaped by the presence of the Transylvanian Saxons, the ethnic German descendants of the settlers invited here by the kings of Hungary during the High Middle Ages. …”
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Az ómagyar kori településnevekben előforduló ’német’ jelentésű lexémák nyelvföldrajzi vizsgálata by Anita Rácz

“…Most of the observed names include the ethnic names német ‘German’ and szász ‘Transylvanian Saxon’. The paper examines the relevant toponyms, adopting several distinct geolinguistic points of view, and analyses the structural composition of the various morphological types (i.e. names of one or two constituents), presenting the role of the different name components in the name forms. …”
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Lutheran Apocalyptic Imagery in the Orthodox Context by Anita Paolicchi

“…The reception of these prototypes in the Orthodox world followed different routes, as two different works of art can prove, namely, a cycle of frescoes on Mount Athos and a series of Gospel book covers made at the end of the seventeenth century by an unidentified Transylvanian Saxon Lutheran goldsmith. In the latter, the Cranach prototype, which was originally made with the purpose of transmitting the Lutheran doctrine, was brilliantly adapted by the goldsmith to a different context. …”
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Mitochondrial DNA Profiles of Individuals from a 12th Century Necropolis in Feldioara (Transylvania) by Alexandra Gînguță, Ioana Rusu, Cristina Mircea, Adrian Ioniță, Horia L. Banciu, Beatrice Kelemen

“…In this study we aimed to highlight one such minute genetic cycle in a sea of genetic interactions by reconstructing part of the genetic story of the migration, settlement, interaction, and legacy of what is today the Transylvanian Saxon. The analysis of the mitochondrial DNA control region of 13 medieval individuals from Feldioara necropolis (Transylvania region, Romania) reveals a genetically heterogeneous group where all identified haplotypes are different. …”
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