Characteristics of the towns in the upper seat of Sighişoara in the middle ages

Abstract

The young Hungarian Kingdom established in the 10th century aimed from the beginning at occupying Transylvania, the neighboring province across the forests. This was partly done in the next century, but especially through a colonization process of the territory with Szeckler and the German population. The territorial organization of the province after the 14th century was done according to two independent administrative areas: The Szecklers’ territory and fundus regius (the territory inhabited by Saxons in Transylvania) and under the institutional and administrative form of Seats. One of these, perhaps the oldest, i.e., the Seat of Sighişoara, is treated in our article.