created for our Erasmus+ project

1. Famous people from Sibiu
Erasmus Union - Pop Stanca, Pop Alexia CNOG Sibiu

2. Conrad Hass
• He was born in 1509, inWien, Hass, known as the first one to describe
a rocket in stages, he moved to Sibiu later in life.
• The irony of fate was that for a long time people thought that a Polish man
named Siemienowicz was the one who invented the rocket, not Hass.
• Only in 1961 justice was made for Hass thanks to the archives found in Sibiu
containing a 200 pages manuscript, with drawings and descriptions of his
inventions.
• From the evaluation of his works, it was established that Hass should
get no less than 17 patents for his inventions.

3. Samuel von Brukenthal
• Born on the 26th of July, 1721
• In 1774 he was named Governor of Transylvania.
• One of his most important achievements as Governor
was the building of the Grand Square Palace, which will
host the first museum in this part of Europe
• Samuel von Brukenthal died on the12th April 1803

4. Badea Cartan
• He was born on the 24th of January 1849.
• He travelled on foot 45 days to Rome so he
could see with his own eyes Traian’s Column.
• He died on the 7th of August 1991 and he
was buried in Sinaia. On his grave it’s written :’’
Here lies Badea Cartan, dreaming of the union
of his people.’’

5. Octavian Goga
• Born on the 1st of April 1881 in Mariginimea
Sibiului
• He was a poet, playwright, publicist and
politician
• The first volume published by Goga in 1905,
called ”Poems”, received favorable reviews
• Octavian Goga died at the age of 57 years, on
the7th of May 1938, after he suffered a stroke

6. Hermann Oberth
• He was born on the 25th of June, 1894.
• Since he was 11 years old, he was fascinated by Jules Verne’s books and he
thought that they were more than fiction, and 3 years later he sketched his
first model rocket.
• He participated as a war doctor during the the First World War, but from
1922 he started dedicating himself to Physics.
• After that, he published a lot of books about space and space ships.
• He died on the 28th of December 1989, at the age of 95 , in Feuth.

7. Cornel Irimie
• He was born on the 17th January 1919
• He is the one who created „Muzeul Tehnicii Populare”
from Dumbrava Forest. This is the most important
legacy he left to Sibiu
• He published over 250 works. His most important
studies are about Romanian native art
• Cornel Irimie died on the 22th March 1983.
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