Tălmaciu

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Tălmaciu (German: Talmesch; Hungarian: Nagytalmács) is a town in Sibiu County, in central Romania, 18 km south of the county capital Sibiu. It lies on the east end of the Mărginimea Sibiului area.
Population: 6,905 (2011 census).

The first documents referring to Tălmaciu (Tholmach) are from 1318. After the Saxon colonisation of Transylvania, Tălmaciu was the administrative center for the settlements of Tălmăcel, Boița, Turnul Roșu, Racovița, Sebeșul de Jos, and Plopi. After 1453 the administrative center was moved to Sibiu. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program.

Because using the Olt Pass to the south requires passing through Tălmaciu, it has witnessed numerous historical events:
The Romans passed through during the battles between the troops of Emperor Trajan and King Decebalus of Dacia.
1599: Mihai Viteazu's troops regrouped here before the battle of Șelimbăr.
1848: the Czarist troops battled General Bem's army.
1916: the Romanian Army used the town to stage the battle for Sibiu.