Status Quo and Potential of Remigration Among Transylvanian Saxons to Rural Romania

Kordel Stefan () and Lutsch Stefanie ()
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Kordel Stefan: Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute of Geography, Wetterkreuz 15, 91058Erlangen, Germany

European Countryside, 2018, vol. 10, issue 4, 614-633

Abstract: Return migration recently became of scientific interest on an intra-European scale. As remigrants bring along various forms of capital, this form of migration is frequently considered as an opportunity to revitalize rural communities. Since Romania entered the EU in 2007, a certain number of Transylvanian Saxons, i.e., ethnic Germans, who emigrated to Germany in the 1980s and 1990s, temporarily or permanently returned to rural Romania. By means of qualitative interviews and a quantitative survey among returnees and potential re-emigrants, this study provides empirical insights to the status quo and the potential of this phenomenon. A particular emphasis is given to their everyday practices and implications on the Transylvanian community, mostly aiming at preservation of the cultural heritage.

Keywords: return migration; lifestyle migration; rural areas; regional development; Romania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.2478/euco-2018-0034

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