In 2007, Sibiu evangelical community inaugurated a museum dedicated to Landlers. Museum is Turnişor (Neppendorf), former village, now district of Sibiu, and spans two floors. The first floor is dedicated to Landlers Christian life, and on the second floor to their daily life. 1734 ... a group of emigrants reached Turnişor, Cristian and Apoldul de Sus villages near Sibiu. They were called Landlers and came all the way from Upper Austria. Emperor Charles VI ban them because, Lutherans being, refused recatholicisation. The punishment was cruel: confiscation of their property and scaring away to Transylvania. After an arduous journey, full of dangers and diseases threatening, Landler... group arrived in southern Transylvania. They settled small communities and began a new life.
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