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Cârlibaba
Cârlibaba (Mariensee, Ludwigsdorf, or Kirlibaba; Kirlibaba) is a commune located in Suceava County, Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It is composed of six villages, namely: Cârlibaba (Veche; also the commune seat), Cârlibaba Nouă, Iedu (Jedt), Șesuri (Schessu), Țibău (Zibau), and Valea Stânei (Hüttenthal bei Mariensee). In standard German (i.e. Hochdeutsch), Cârlibaba Veche is known as Mariensee whereas Cârlibaba Nouă is known as Ludwigsdorf. At the 2002 census, 85.
Germans of Romania
The Germans of Romania (Rumäniendeutsche; Germanii din România or germani-români; romániai németek) represent one of the most significant historical ethnic minorities of Romania. Throughout the interwar period, the total number of ethnic Germans in this country amounted to as much as 800,000 (according to some sources and estimates dating to 1939, just on the verge of World War II), a figure which has subsequently drastically fallen to 36,000 (according to the 2011 census) and dropped even more to 22,900 (as per the 2021 Romanian census, postponed one year because of the COVID-19 pandemic and conducted in 2022).
Mediaș
Mediaș (ˈmedi.aʃ; Media, Mediasch, Transylvanian Saxon: Medwesch/Medveš/Medwisch, Medgyes) is the second largest town and municipality in Sibiu County, Transylvania, central Romania. Mediaș is located in the middle basin of Târnava Mare River, at from Sighișoara and from Blaj. The health resort Bazna, officially recognized for the first time in 1302, is from Mediaș. The health resort offers mineral water springs, rich in salts, mineral mud and a special type of salt, called "Bazna salt".
Suceava
Suceava (suˈtʃe̯ava) is a municipality and the namesake county seat town of Suceava County, situated in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania and at the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe respectively. It is the largest urban settlement of Suceava County. During the late Middle Ages, namely between 1388 and 1564 (or from the late 14th century to the late 16th century), this middle-sized town was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia.
Suceava County
Suceava County (suˈtʃe̯ava) is a county (județ) of Romania. Most of its territory lies in the southern part of the historical region of Bukovina (Bucovina), while the remainder forms part of Western Moldavia proper. The county seat is the historical town of Suceava (Suczawa, also Sotschen or Sutschawa; historically known in Old High German as Sedschopff as well) which was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia during the late Middle Ages and then a pivotal, predominantly German-speaking commercial town of the Habsburgs, Austrian Empire, and Austria-Hungary at the border with the Romanian Old Kingdom (Vechiul Regat, Altreich) throughout the late modern period up until 1918, when, after the end of World War I, the town became part of the enlarged Kingdom of Romania.
Transylvanian Saxons
The Transylvanian Saxons (Siebenbürger Sachsen; Transylvanian Saxon: Siweberjer Såksen or simply Soxen, singularly Sox or Soax; Transylvanian Landler: Soxn or Soxisch; Sași ardeleni, sași transilvăneni/transilvani; erdélyi szászok) are a people of mainly German ethnicity and overall Germanic origin; mostly Luxembourgish initially during the medieval Ostsiedlung process, then also from other parts of present-day Germany) who settled in Transylvania (Transilvania or Ardeal, Hungarian: Erdély, Siebenbürgen or
Sibiu
Sibiu (si:ˈbju: , siˈbiw, Hermannstadt ˈhɛʁmanʃtat, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: Härmeschtat or Hermestatt, Nagyszeben ˈnɒt͡sːɛbɛn) is a middle-sized, well-preserved fortified medieval town in central Romania, situated in the historical region of Transylvania (Transilvania, Siebenbürgen or Transsilvanien). Located some north-west of Bucharest, the town straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt.
Timișoara
Timișoara (UKˌtɪmɪˈʃwɑːrə, USˌtiːmiː-, timiˈșoara; Temeswar, also Temeschwar or Temeschburg; Temesvár; Temišvar; see other names) is the capital city of Timiș County and the main economic, social and cultural centre in Western Romania. Located on the Bega River, Timișoara is considered the informal capital city of the historical Banat. From 1848 to 1860 it was the capital of the Serbian Vojvodina and the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar. With 250,849 inhabitants at the 2021 census, Timișoara is the country's fifth most populous city.
Brașov
Brașov (UKbræˈʃɒv, USbrɑːˈʃɔːv,_-ɔːf, braˈʃov; Kronstadt; Brassó; Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: Kruhnen) is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County. According to the 2021 census, with 237,589 inhabitants, Brașov is the 6th most populous city in Romania. The metropolitan area was home to 371,802 residents. Brașov is located in the central part of the country, about north of Bucharest and from the Black Sea.
Romanians
The Romanians (români, roˈmɨnj; dated exonym Vlachs) are a Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Romanian culture and ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2021 Romanian census found that just under 89.3% of Romania's citizens identified themselves as ethnic Romanians. In one interpretation of the 1989 census results in Moldova, the majority of Moldovans were counted as ethnic Romanians in this country as well.

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