This handbook describes 179 cities, market towns, castles, noble seats, and monasteries, arranged in alphabetical order, where historical life has concentrated. The historical introduction and a detailed appendix with lists of rulers and bishops, a glossary, bibliography, place and person indexes, as well as regional maps make this volume a comprehensive reference work on the history of Transylvania from ancient times to the present. For historians, it is a reliable reference, for interested travelers an indispensable companion, and for the Germans of the regions—especially Transylvanian Saxons and Banat Swabians—a unique document of their history.