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'''Transylvania''' is a central region of [[Romania]].  Historically Transylvania was headed by a monarchy (''voivode'', variously translated as prince, duke or count), but was not an independent nation.  Instead it was part of the Kingdom of [[Hungary]], or, during the 17th century, part of the [[Turkish]] [[Ottoman Empire]].  The [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]] collapsed after the [[First World War]] and a united Romania was created in 1920, including Transylvania.

'''Transylvania''' is a central region of [[Romania]].  Historically Transylvania was headed by a monarchy (''voivode'', variously translated as prince, duke or count), but was not an independent nation.  Instead it was part of the Kingdom of [[Hungary]], or, during the 17th century, part of the [[Turkish]] [[Ottoman Empire]].  The [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]] collapsed after the [[First World War]] and a united Romania was created in 1920, including Transylvania, which had a mixed population of Romanians, Hungarians, Germans and others. In 1940 a large part of Transylvania was ceded to Hungary, but this was reversed in 1945.

Transylvania was the setting for part of [[Bram Stoker]]'s horror novel ''[[Dracula]]'' (1897), and home to the fictional [[vampire]] Count Dracula, whom Stoker based loosely on the historical Transylvanian prince Vladimir Dracula (or '[[Vlad the Impaler]]').  The novel has firmly established a link, now a cliche, associating Transylvania with vampires and other [[supernatural]] monsters such as [[werewolves]].

Transylvania was the setting for part of [[Bram Stoker]]'s horror novel ''[[Dracula]]'' (1897), and home to the fictional [[vampire]] Count Dracula, whom Stoker based loosely on the historical Transylvanian prince Vladimir Dracula (or '[[Vlad the Impaler]]').  The novel has firmly established a link, now a cliche, associating Transylvania with vampires and other [[supernatural]] monsters such as [[werewolves]].