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Sibiu has had a long football tradition, starting in 1913 with the founding of Șoimii Sibiu, which was the launchpad of Ilie Oană's career, who later became a star of FC Petrolul Ploiești. Later came Societatea Gimnastică Sibiu , a sport club of Sibiu's Transylvanian Saxon community, which's best performance was reaching the Divizia A final ...
The Sibiu Lutheran Cathedral was built in the 14th century on the location of another 12th-century romanesque church. Originally, it was the Catholic parish church of St. Mary. However, in the middle of the 16th century, it became a Lutheran parish, as Johannes Honter converted the Transylvanian Saxons to Protestantism.
The idea of building an Orthodox cathedral in Sibiu began with Metropolitan Andrei Șaguna, who in the autumn of 1857 asked Emperor Franz Joseph I for permission to send a circular to his diocese requesting that priests and laymen give donations. He sent the letter before Christmas that year, and the first donor was the Emperor himself, who ...
It lies on the left bank of the river Olt (at the mouth of the Avrig River), close to the Făgăraș Mountains, at about 26 km (16 mi) from Sibiu on the road towards Brașov. It is the main starting point for the trekking routes in the western part of the mountains, and also on access point at a great number of chalets in the mountains: Cabana ...
The Council Tower of Sibiu (Romanian: Turnul Sfatului, German: Hermannstädter Ratsturm) is a tower situated between the two main squares of the Historic center in Sibiu, the Great Square (Piața Mare) and the Small Square (Piața Mică).
After the establishment of the Romanian People's Republic in 1947 and the subsequent administrative reform of 1950, Axente Sever became part of the Sibiu Region , and from 1952, the Stalin Region (renamed Brașov Region in 1960). In 1968, the old administrative division of județ was reinstated, and the commune became part of Sibiu County.
On the current location of the train station, there was a small Dominican monastery that was relocated into the citadel of Sibiu.The former monastery buildings were put to use as a lazaret, to house and quarantine the sick and isolate them from the general population of the citadel.
The commune is located in the central part of Sibiu County, 18 km (11 mi) east of the county seat, Sibiu. It lies on the Transylvanian Plateau, on the banks of the Hârtibaciu River; the river Zăvoi flows into the Hârtibaciu in Cornățel village. Roșia village is the site of Roșia fortified church.