Ordinul Bunilor Templieri și prezența acestora în Sighișoara la începutul secolului XX
The Order of the Good Templars and their presence in Sighișoara, at the Beginning of the 20th Century

Summary/Abstract: The Order of the Good Templars appeared in the United States of America, in 1850, as a fraternal organisation for temperance and abstinence, following the organizational pattern of the Freemasonry, the members of the order being united in lodges. The order granted equal access to men and women of all races. The Order will spread from the United States into Europe. It will also appear in Transylvania, in the Protestant Evangelical milieu of Sibiu, Brașov, Sighișoara, Bistrița, Orăștie, Sebeș, Mediaș etc. In Sighișoara, the Order of the Good Templars will be present starting with 1908, activating in two lodges. Among the well-known members of the Order in Sighișoara, we could name Josef Bacon, physician, founder of the local museum, and Julius Oberth, physician, the father of the renowned scientist Hermann Oberth.

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