Sebeș

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Sebeș is a historic town in central Romania’s Transylvania region, notable as an important medieval center of the Transylvanian Saxon community.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sebeș canonical 3
Sebeșul Săsesc 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
administrativeStatus town
urban municipality
country Romania
distanceFromAlbaIulia approximately 15 km south
economicActivity light manufacturing
services
wood processing industry
foundedInCentury 13th century
grantedTownRightsInCentury 14th century
hasFeature fortified church
historic Saxon architecture
medieval urban core
hasLandmark Evangelical Church of Sebeș
Lucian Blaga Memorial House in Lancrăm
Roman Catholic Church of Sebeș
Sebeș medieval fortifications (remains)
hasMinorityCommunity Hungarians
Roma
Transylvanian Saxons
hasSubdivision Deal
Lancrăm
Petrești
Răhău
historicalName Mühlbach
Sebeșul Săsesc
linked to: Sebeș

Szászsebes
Sächsisch-Weissenburg
historicalRegion Transylvania
historicalRole Transylvanian Saxon administrative center
crafts and guild center
important medieval trade center
languageOfName German
Hungarian
linked to: Hungarian language

Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
locatedIn Alba County
Transylvania
central Romania
nearRiver Mureș River
notableAs important medieval center of the Transylvanian Saxon community
partOf Transylvanian Saxon settlement area
regionType historic town
religiousHeritage Lutheran
Orthodox
Roman Catholic
linked to: Roman Catholicism
river Sebeș River
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
transportConnection located near A1 motorway in Romania

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sebeș historicalName Sebeșul Săsesc
linked to: Sebeș
Alba County hasCity Sebeș