Church and Society. The Role of Religious Journals in the Dissemination of the Biblical Element within the Historical Banat area. 1867-1918

Author(s): Alin Cristian Scridon / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2015

The church press published important documents regarding the religious life of Romanians from Transylvania and Banat. This publication also in-cluded details regarding the religious life of the school from Banat. The Biserica şi Şcoala magazine was published in the western historical Banat, in Arad. This was possible due to the fact that Timişoara, the most im-portant city in Banat, had a Romanian Orthodox Deanery that was de-pendent on the Diocese of Arad, before the establishment of the Diocese of Timişoara in 1939.The Caransebes Diocese’ magazine Foaia Diecezana (The Diocesan Sheet) provided the clergy and the faithful with infor-mation on Christian spirituality. Along the aforementioned magazines, there were a few newspapers which have enriched this field’s literature. Based on those covered by the study, we find that the media made an overwhelming contribution to the dissemination of the biblical infor-mation during that particular period of time.

Romania: University and Politics in the 1980s. Case study: the University of Bucharest in the 1980s

Author(s): Mirela Rotaru / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2015

The presentation I am submitting to your attention focuses on how the University of Bucharest operated during the 1980’s, a very difficult period for Romania. As to be expected, the University of Bucharest, like the en-tire Romanian education system, took the full blow of communist exper-imental policies, reflecting quite accurately the general developments of the political system in Romania in the 1980s. The structure of Bucharest University, the curriculum, acceptance of the students via admission ex-ams as well as the process of assignment of graduates from University of Bucharest to production units in the 1980’s, are aspects of university life which were all affected by profound changes during the period subject to the research, leading to a genuine phenomenon in the Romanian society. The way these changes were reflected in the cultural mindset and the traumas generated by them are all points of interest addressed in my presentation.

Të Dhëna për Transportin e Mallrave në Pejë e Rrethinë

Author(s): Bashkim Lajçi / Language(s): Albanian Issue: 44/2014

This paper deals with the way the transport of merchandise and the means used for transporting merchandise in Peja and its surroundings. The methods and the means which were in use until 80`s of the 20th century are considered. The main forms of transportation described include transportation by hand, transportation by shoulders, transportation by backpack, transportation by hand supporting means, transportation by animals, transportation by bicycle, transportation by wheelchair, transportation by sleigh, transportation by water etc.

Elżbieta Orzechowska, Godów. Dzieje radomskiej dzielnicy, wyd. II, Wyd. Virgo Poligrafia, Radom 2010, ss. 224, Zusammenfassung, ilustracje, aneksy

Author(s): Edward Walewander / Language(s): Polish Issue: 13/2014

Virilisektől a káderekig

Author(s): Gergely Krisztián Horváth / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 2/2015

Rigó Róbert: Elitváltások évtizede Kecskeméten (1938–1948) ÁBTL–Kronosz, Budapest– Pécs, 2014. 430 oldal

INCIDENT PRED DŽAMIJOM U GORNJOJ TUZLI DECEMBRA 1880. GODINE

Author(s): Mina Kujović / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 15/2012

In December 1880. the incident happened in front of a mosque in Gornja Tuzla. The incident was caused by a police constable David Spoljaric. He forced people, who worshiped outside the mosque during Friday prayers, to enter themosque, despite the fact there was not enough room. This event was mentionedin the newspapers Terdžümani Haqiqat in Istanbul which has caused a diplomaticcorrespondence. Due process in Gornja Tuzla, police constable was dismissed fromthe civil service and expelled from BosniaIn December 1880. the incident happened in front of a mosque in Gornja Tuzla. The incident was caused by a police constable David Spoljaric. He forced people, who worshiped outside the mosque during Friday prayers, to enter the mosque, despite the fact there was not enough room. This event was mentioned in the newspapers Terdžümani Haqiqat in Istanbul which has caused a diplomatic correspondence. Due process in Gornja Tuzla, police constable was dismissed from the civil service and expelled from Bosnia.

SUMARNI INVENTAR: NARODNI ODBOR OPŠTINE LUKAVICA (1952.-1958.)

Author(s): Ešefa Begović / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 15/2012

This paper presents the Fund National Board municipality Lukavica (NOOL) for the period1952 to 1958. The Fund has been arranged and listed according to the General International Standard for Description of archive material - ISAD (g)

Niemiecka wielka własność ziemska w Wielkopolsce w latach 1815-1914

Author(s): Fryderyk Mudzo / Language(s): English,Polish Issue: 02/2016

A great landed estate is defined as a farmstead of a minimum area of 100 hectares, operating either as an independent enterprise or owned by the gentry or wealthy middle class. The functioning of such landed estates (in Germany and under the Prussian partition known as Rittergüter) was closely linked to the ownership structure of past times, when private ownership of land entailed a number of privileges and a high social prestige. The Poznań Province was an exporter of crops and agricultural produce and on account of its geographical and geopolitical location was perceived as part of the East Elbian economy (Ostelbien). At the same time it was an outlet for manufacturers of farming tools and machines from the neighboring provinces (mainly Brandenburg). At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries the Greater Poland village was dominated by German great landed estates which within the span of a century managed to allegedly permanently link Greater Poland to Prussia and the German state. The participation of German landed estate owners in the economic and social life of Greater Poland in the years 1815-1914 must be assessed as a dynamic process of transformation of the entire Greater Poland within just one century. Those changes were still noticeable in the interwar period when a majority of the landed estate owners assumed Polish citizenship and actively contributed to the economic and political life of the Second Republic of Poland.

Prva svetovna vojna in Slovenci

Author(s): Petra Svoljšak / Language(s): Slovenian Issue: 2/2015

The paper examines the Slovenian historiographic production about the topic of World War I from 1994 to 2014 and represents a continuation of a commented bibliography, which encompassed the period from 1918 to 1993. The time between 1994 and 2014 was characterised by enormous production and a shift of the contents from the »Yugoslav« themes, which had tailored the statehood remembrance after World War I; the decline of the World War I themes as the focus shifted to the historiographic examination of World War II; and the very diversified research in the last period. The central theme of the historical writings is the Soča/Isonzo Front, but not merely as a military process: the focus shifted on the level of the soldiers’ experience, gender studies, the role of the Church, fatalities among soldiers, and remembrance of World War I. All of these issues have been subjected to historical research as well.

SUMARNI INVENTAR NARODNI ODBOR OPŠTINE BOSANSKO PETROVO SELO (1952.-1962.)

Author(s): Ešefa Begović / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Issue: 14/2011

This paper presents the Fund National Board of Bosansko Petrovo Selo (NOOBPS) for the period from 1952th to 1962th year. The Fund has arranged and listed according to the General International Standard for description of archival material - ISAD (G).

Działalność stowarzyszenia Centrum Ochotników Cierpienia Archidiecezji Warmińskiej

Author(s): Adam Bielinowicz / Language(s): English,Polish,German Issue: 51/2014

The article presents the activities of the association the Centre of Volunteers of Suffering in the Archdiocese of Warmia, its pastoral goals, and objectives. Moreover, the author discusses the spirituality of the community and includes a biographical sketch of the founder of the association – the Servant of God, Fr. Monsignor Luigi Novarese, whose beatification took place on 11 May 2013.

Feliks Nowowiejski o szkole muzyki kościelnej w Ratyzbonie

Author(s): Ilona Dulisz / Language(s): English,Polish,German Issue: 51/2014

Z dziejów katolickiej parafii w Miłakowie w XIX wieku

Author(s): Marek Jodkowski / Language(s): English,Polish,German Issue: 51/2014

The parish priest of Ełdyty Wielkie, Heinrich Renkel (Renze), bought a detached house in Miłakowo on 5th April 1852, with an intention of adapting it for religious purposes. An oratory was organised there and dedicated to the Holy Cross by the parish priest of Ełdyty on 12th December 1855. Since that time, priests from Ełdyty Wielkie occasionally celebrated religious services in it. As a consequence of an increasing number of worshippers, a plot of land was bought in 1864 with an intention of building a church. In the same year, a pastoral institution was created in Miłakowo and the first priest, Augustin Bargel, was appointed. In 1865, Anton Gerigk was appointed as his successor. He launched the implementation of the construction project. The foundation stone of the new temple was laid in 1867. Finally, an aisleless Neogothic church was built. The ceremony of its dedication to the Finding and Exaltation of the Holy Cross, conducted by Bishop Filip Krementz, took place on July 4th 1869. In 1859, a Catholic school was founded in Miłakowo. During the Kulturkampf, the office of a parish priest was vacant in the town. In 1879, 1014 Catholics lived in the parish, and 950 in 1895. The construction of the church buildings and the salaries of the priests and church workers were funded by Catholic associations and organisations, particularly the St. Francis Xavier Society and the St. Boniface and Adalbert Association in Frombork.

Зарваница – Марийский духовный центрУкраинской греко-католической церкви

Author(s): Ewelina Mączka,Roman Kordonski / Language(s): English,Russian,Polish,German Issue: 51/2014

In the article an attempt was undertaken to present the phenomenon of Zarwanica (Ukraine) as a holy place, which is a very important Marian veneration center in the Greek-Orthodox Church. Attention should be paid to the fact that pilgrimage centers constitute a huge spiritual value within folk piety and the whole church community. The typical background for the folk piety is the existence of such a holy place which is the basis for the pilgrimage movement, prayer and spiritual reflection. In the first part of the thesis we get informed of the best known places like that in Ukraine. In the second part, the terminology and the history of pilgrimages, including their theological aspect is provided. In the third, Zarwanica is described in its historical and religious setting. The aim of the article is to present Zarwanica as a place, in which “the truth” is the focal point of several levels: the history of the Ukrainian nation, history of spiritual and material culture, art, and above all history of faith, religion, and spirituality. Pilgrims arriving at this holy place can feel the centuries-old history and God’s presence. Zarwanica is the meeting place of thousand of Christians representing the Eastern rite, yet not only them. Publishing the knowledge of Zarwanica aims at making this place popular with Orthodox Church believers, also because of miracles that have happened here, which are officially recognized by the Church, and where people can experience spiritual enrichment.

Пещерный монастырь Шулдан в начале XXI в.

Author(s): Evgeniy V. Nedelkin / Language(s): Russian Issue: 7/2015

One of the current tasks facing contemporary Crimean scientific society, is the preservation of historical monuments, including — the so-called «cave» monasteries. One of these historical and architectural monuments is Shuldan. The monastery complex consists of two cave temples and accompanying 20 rooms, which are located in two tiers. Today optimal variant of joint use and protection these objects by state and church is to create a specially prepared areas close to the monuments of monastery metochion. It is also necessary to develop, together with the Church science-based improvement projects within these monasteries. At the same time during the Christian holidays on their territory will be conducted divine services.

Egy kis ember nagy napok sodrásában

Author(s): Ágnes Deák / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 3/2016

Életemnek legemlékezetesebb éve. Alexy Lajos naplója 1848-ban. Közreadja Helle Mária. Balassi Kiadó, Budapest, 2014. 230 oldal

Powrót do rodzinnego domu w Bronicach

Author(s): Agnieszka Koecher-Hensel / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

The history of a manor house in Bronice, which for almost a century belonged to the Wołk-Łaniewskis, the author’s ancestors. Today, the residence has been restored to the family and became the scene of theatrical events.

Patrimoniul imobil al municipiului Satu Mare oglindit în lista monumentelor istorice

Author(s): Florentina Udrea (Manea) / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 24/2016

Combining various styles, many of them representing the stylistic guidelines of the time, buildings of the eighteenth, nineteenth, ¼ twentieth centuries of Satu Mare town impresses with aesthetic, technical achievement, grandeur and spectacle. The buildings secular or religious, are richly decorated, massive, and stately. Herman Mihály, mayor of Satu Mare town in the late nineteenth century (1895–1902) said as to buildings of a town reflects its status and constitutes the starting in the future development. Churches and palaces in Satu Mare were and are a mark of the town both and the area, not only in terms of their importance in the community, was the medieval town, and especially in terms of architecture. Adding in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries secession style make from buildings of Satu Mare made one of the strengths for which the town has more than fifty properties inscribed on the List of Historical Monuments (2010/2015) , of which more than seven buildings are historical monuments of national value (A). Urban Ensemble “Freedom Square” (SM-II-AA-05220), with all buildings on four sides, edified during the XVIII-th, XIX-th, XX-th centuries, the buildings of national value are recorded in historical monuments in Romania. Around the market are buildings – one hundred - two hundred and fifty old years - in different styles: Classic, Baroque, Gothic and Secession. This complex of buildings the most valuable are: Roman Catholic cathedral in classic style, Building of Art Museum – Vécsey House in Gothic style and Dacia Hotel (Pannónia), secession style from architect Lechner Ödön. Along with them, the classic marks are Reformed Church “with chainsˮ Roman Catholic Bishop's Palace and Fire Tower (ecclesiastical and secular buildings).

Aspects of Urban Life in Eighteenth-Century Transylvania: Administrative History and Natural Phenomena in Martin Bredt’s Town Chronicle of Reghinul Săsesc

Author(s): Dorin-Ioan Rus / Language(s): English Issue: 24/2016

The article includes a translation and critical assessment of the orator Martin Bredt's family chronicle written in the Transylvanian town of Reghin in the eighteenth-century. A copy of the chronicle can be found in the Transylvanian Archives in Gundelsheim am Neckar, Germany. The article presents the historical and social context in which the chronicle was written, the composition of the town council of which Bredt was a member, as well as the chronicle's scientific importance for the history of Reghin. Despite being of secondary importance, the chronicle still provides valuable data on the town's history before 1848 when its archives perished in a fire. Therefore, it fills certain gaps regarding the construction of the local Roman Catholic church, the settlement of Catholic families in a predominantly Lutheran town, natural event and the expansion of the town's limits. Moreover, the chronicle reinforces and complements data provided by other sources on Reghin and its surroundings at the end of the eighteenth century. The text of the chronicle reminds of the Humanistic tradition in which the recount of a town's history is combined with the description of buildings and the enumeration of functionaries.

Die Erinnerungen eines Kreisleiters. Rudolf Schuller: Der 23. August 1944 in Hermannstadt

Author(s): Horst Weber / Language(s): German Issue: 59/2016

The following article offers Rudolf Schuller’s perspective on the events of August 1944 developed in Sibiu. Born in 1903, Schuller was originally trained to take over his father’s hotel business. In 1936, he joines the German People’s Party of Romania (Deutsche Volkspartei in Rumänien – DVR) and is appointed leader of the party’s local branch only three weeks later. In summer 1937, Rudolf Schuller establishes the party’s intelligence service, its aim being to monitor the state of mind within the party, but also among church leaders, other political parties and local state authorities. In autumn 1941, he is appointed Kreisleiter (county leader) of the German Ethnic Group (Deutsche Volksgruppe in Rumänien – DViR) – a Nazi organization led by Andreas Schmidt – in Sibiu. After the events of August 23, 1944, Schuller, as well as many of his collaborators, are arrested and, in January 1945, deported to perform forced labor in the Soviet Union. Immediately after his return to Romania in 1949, he is arrested and imprisoned several times, being accused among other things of a hostile attitude toward the communist regime. In 1972, he manages to emigrate to Germany – apparently after an intervention by Gustav Heinemann, at that time president of the German Federal Republic. Rudolf Schuller died 13 years later. This excerpt from Schuller’s previously undisclosed memoirs is published with the consent of his family. It represents a fragment of a more comprehensive manuscript left by Schuller and deals with his experience of the events of August 23, 1944, as they happened in Sibiu. The excerpt is supplemented by the editor with biographical notes about the author and all mentioned persons as well as with information about the historical and military background of the narrated events.