Siebenbürgisch-sächsische Pfarrer und Lehrer im Elsass im ausgehenden 17. Jahrhundert
Transylvanian-Saxon Pastors and Teachers in Alsace at the End of the 17th Century

Summary/Abstract: As Friedrich Teutsch reports, German schools have existed in Transylvania since the beginning of the 14th century. The school regulations that existed after the Reformation clearly demonstrate the close economic and cultural contact between the Transylvanian Saxons in Western Europe and the orientation of the schools towards the values and knowledge of Western Europe. So it is not surprising that Transylvanian Saxons have demonstrably been accepted as students at Western European universities since the beginning of the 15th century. After it was founded in 1622, the University of Strasbourg [French Strasbourg] (with the exception of the Thirty Years War) a popular place to study for Transylvanian Saxons. In the 17th century, 7.6 percent of Transylvanian-Saxon students were enrolled in Strasbourg, the third largest after Wittenberg (41.3%) and Königsberg (12.3%). In addition to the 31 Saxon philosophy students mentioned by Joseph Trausch, who studied in Strasbourg in the 17th century, Friedrich Reimesch lists a further 64 students for the 17th and 18th centuries, but also takes other faculties into account.

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