Die Maramuresch – Ort der Ansieldung der Oberwischauer Zipser
Maramureș – the Settlement Area of the Zipser Germans

Summary/Abstract: The paper offers insight in the history of the town Vișeu de Sus, as well as in the history of the actual county and the historical region of Maramureș, situated in the northwestern part of Romania, as the settlement territory of the Zipser Germans. It presents, besides geografical data, the economic exploitation and developement of this area since prehistory and the first documentary references, in the context of the actual political-administrative authority.

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