Abstract

In Romania, German ethnics arrived from Central Europe in several waves -- during the XIIth-XIIIth and XVIIth-XIXth centuries -- and settled mostly in the historical regions of central and Western Romania (Transilvania, Banat and Crisana) -- that time under Hungarian domination or integrated in the Habsburg Empire. During the second part of the XXth century -- beginning of the XXIst century, the number of these ethnics decreased -- from 745.421 persons in 1930 to 60.088 in 2002 -- as a consequence of Romanian's and German's government disloyalty from the Second World War (1940-1945), the lack of material and juridical base for the after-war generation during the communist governance, the fear, the isolation that continued after 1989 and the discredit towards the minorities' rights, proclaimed after the Revolution of December, 1989.

Details

Title
GERMANS IN ROMANIA BETWEEN THE 1930s AND THE 2002s - GEOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS
Author
Marculet, Ioan; Marculet, Catalina
Pages
146-151
Publication year
2009
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Craiova, Department of Geography
ISSN
15831523
e-ISSN
20674635
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1519067481
Copyright
Copyright University of Craiova, Department of Geography 2009