Dispute de frontieră între Transilvania și Moldova: raportul Luchsenstein (prima jumătatea a secolului al XVIII-lea) (I)
The frontier disputes between Transylvania and Moldavia: Lichsenstein’s report on the border demarcation (in the first half of the Eighteenth century)

Summary/Abstract: In 1751, Stephan Lutsch von Luchsenstein, a Transylvanian officer and cartographer, drew the first detailed map of the frontier between Transylvania and Moldavia. The map, an impressive cartographic achievement, was supplemented by a very detailed report. Throughout forty-eight pages, Stephan Lutsch von Luchsenstein carefully noted down not only the disputed border points, but also the history of these frontier quarrels. Luchsenstein’s map and report are a direct consequence of the Habsburgs’ constant attempt to enhance their strategic advantages on the eastern Transylvanian frontier throughout the eighteenth century. Thus, already with the treaties of Karlowitz (1699) and Passarowitz (1718), the Habsburgs tried to impose the uti possidetis principle. In contrast, the Moldavian authorities, backed by the Ottomans, advanced a different principle, the natural frontier one. In the first two chapters of his report, Luchsenstein argued against the natural frontier principle. The bulk of this study consists of the first edition and Romanian translation of Luchsenstein report, preceded by an introductory analysis.

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