German Hermannstadt; Hungarian Nagyszeben; Capital of Sibiu county, central Romania; The present city was founded by 12th century German colonists on the site of an earlier Roman settlement. It was the site of a battle during World War I when Romanian troops invaded Transylvania and were defeated by Austro-Hungarian forces.
Hermannstadt, Stadt in Siebenbürgen (Rumänien), am N-Fuß der Südkarpaten, 178 000 Ew.; ehem. Mittelpunkt der Siebenbürger Sachsen; Zentrum des Deutschtums in Rumänien.
Hermannstadt