
Country: Romania Sibiu is best known for serving as the capital of the Principality of Transylvania during two periods, from 1692 to 1791 and again from 1849 to 1865. Today, the city is the seat of Sibiu County in central Romania’s historic Transylvania region, with the Cibin River running through it. Until 1876, the Hecht house was home to the Transylvanian Saxon University.
