Vízakna ('water-mine') is the salt place just north-west of Hermannstadt, on the edge of the German guests' land.
The salt lakes left by its old pits mark a working much older than its first written record (1263); in 1200 it is most likely royal salt land outside the provostry, but nothing is recorded.
Who holds it
- Name
- King Emeric (royal salt)
- Title
- Lord of Vízakna
- Since
- Not pinned
- Confidence
- low
de.wikipedia (Ocna Sibiului): first named in a document of 1263; its history always tied to salt. Its state in 1200 is not pinned.
Lord in 1200
The king.
How things stand that morning
Royal salt place; first record 1263.
Communities
Not recorded for 1200.
Fairs and markets
None recorded for 1200.
Militia
Not recorded.
Walls and castle
None recorded.
Trade and crafts
Salt digging.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: First record 1263.
Primary sources for Transylvania (voivode Legforus)
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- The Deeds of the Hungarians, by the Anonymous Notary of King Béla, Anonymus (P. magister) (about 1200 to 1210, the date disputed). Not a record of events but a picture of the kingdom's nobility and geography as a courtier of about 1200 wished to see it: the clans and their lands, the castles and counties, the Vlachs, Cumans and other peoples of the Carpathian basin, all projected back onto the conquest. Read online
- Hungarian royal charters: Fejér's Codex diplomaticus and Szentpétery's critical calendar of the Árpád kings (documents of the 11th to 13th centuries; Fejér published 1829 to 1844, Szentpétery vol. 1 in 1923). The documentary base for Hungary in 1200: King Emeric's grants to Pannonhalma, the bishops, the Templars and Hospitallers, Duke Andrew's acts in Croatia and Dalmatia, and the papal letters of 1200 to Emeric about his brother's rebellion and about heresy in Bosnia. Read online
Sources and studies
- L. Makkai, Saxon Settlement and the Reorganization of the Southern Border Defences, History of Transylvania I
- Ocna Sibiului, de.wikipedia
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.