Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Hungarians launched a revolution against the Habsburgs, Romania sided with the Austri-
ans. After 1867 Transylvania was fully absorbed into Hungary. In 1918 Romanians
gathered at Alba Iulia to demand Transylvania's union with Romania.
This unification has never been fully accepted by Hungary, and from 1940 to 1944 it set
about re-annexing much of the region. After the war, Romanian communists moved to
quash Hungarian nationalist sentiments. Currently, however, feelings of resentment have
subsided somewhat and Romania's relations with its western neighbour are pacific. Still,
one feels an extant mistrust between the communities, and the Hungarians publish maps
of the region with only Hungarian place names (even street names), as if they were not
located in Romania.
