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[14] 19 November 1523: Mediaș, Sibiu County: 4.7: VII: Light damage reported in Meggyes. The pillars of Evangelical Church in Sebeș collapse. [15] Album Oltardianum indicates 20 houses collapsed in Sibiu, while the Chronicle of Hutter reports many deaths among old population. [16] 26 October 1550: 6.5: VII–X: Large earthquake in southern ...
Ocna Sibiului (German: Salzburg; Hungarian: Vízakna) is a town in the centre of Sibiu County, in southern Transylvania, central Romania, 10 km (6.2 mi) to the north-west of the county seat, Sibiu. The town administers a single village, Topârcea ( Tschapertsch ; Toporcsa ).
Focșani lies at the foot of the Curvature Carpathians, at a point of convergence for tectonic geologic faults, which raises the risk of earthquakes in the vicinity.. Though Vrancea County is one of the most popular wine-producing regions in Romania, Odobești being just to the northwest, in Romania, Focșani itself is not considered a wine-producing
The Central Powers' advances towards the Focșani Gate, 26 November 1916–7 January 1917 The area around the city of Focșani was already recognized as a weak point in Romania back in 1882. In that year, the government of Romania carried out a study to identify all the areas of the country where the terrain was poorly suited for defense, and ...
The Armistice of Focșani (Romanian: Armistițiul de la Focșani, also called the Truce of Focșani) was an agreement that ended the hostilities between Romania (member of the Allied Powers) and the Central Powers in World War I.
Romanian-German bilingual sign at the entrance in Sibiu (German: Hermannstadt) Romanian-German bilingual sign at the entrance in Cisnădioara (German: Michelsberg) Romanian-German bilingual sign at the entrance in Cisnădie (German: Heltau) In 2011, Sibiu County had a population of 397,322 and the population density was 73.1/km 2 (189.4/sq mi).
Located in the northern part of Sibiu County, just south of the town of Copșa Mică, it is crossed by national road DN14 . The closest city is Mediaș, 14 km (8.7 mi) to the northeast; the county seat, Sibiu, is 38 km (24 mi) to the south. The Axente Sever halt serves the CFR rail line 208, which
Sibiu is situated on the CFR-Romanian Railways Main Line 200 (Brasov – Făgăraș – Sibiu – Simeria – Arad – Romanian Western Border) and on Line 206 (Sibiu – Mediaș). The city is served by five rail stations: the Main Station ( Gara Mare ), the Little Station ( Gara Mică ), Turnișor, Sibiu Triaj, and Halta Ateliere Zonă.