Reghin (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈreɡin]; Hungarian: Szászrégen, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈsaːsreːɡɛn] ⓘ or Régen; German: (Sächsisch) Regen or Sächsisch-Reen; Transylvanian Saxon: Reen)[3] is a city in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania, on the Mureș River.

Reghin was first mentioned in 1228 in a charter of Hungarian King Andrew II as Regun – however, evidence of its strategic location and defence system suggests that the town might have been considerably older, possibly founded by Ladislaus I.

The city officially became part of the Kingdom of Romania in June 1920 under the terms of the Treaty of Trianon, under which Hungary relinquished all of Transylvania.

In August 1940, the Second Vienna Award, arbitrated by Germany and Italy, reassigned the territory of Northern Transylvania (which included Reghin) from Romania to Hungary.

Towards the end of World War II, Romanian and Soviet armies entered the city in October 1944.

The territory of Northern Transylvania remained under Soviet military administration until March 9, 1945, after the appointment of Petru Groza as Prime Minister, when the city again became part of Romania.

After the war, Reghin lost some of its former Transylvanian Saxon character — as many Germans left for West Germany during the later stages of Communist Romania — and ethnic Romanians and Hungarians were settled in their place.

As a result of the battles during the Revolution of 1848 against Austria and the riots in Transylvania, Reghin and its Jewish population suffered severely.

Some of the Ḥadarim established by the community translated the Pentateuch into German instead of Yiddish in order to facilitate study of this language by the children.

The change of rule in 1940 (from Romanian to Hungarian) did not bring with it any improvement, as was hoped by the Jews, who remembered their legal emancipation in 1867 by the Austro-Hungarian authorities.

After World War II, in 1947 a community numbering about 820 was formed mostly by survivors of the death camps and other Jews who had arrived in Reghin from places in different parts of Romania.

The stylistic details and the wrought iron balconies in the centre of the town are examples that prove the artistry of the local craftsmen.

The church was consolidated in 1501 and since 1551, when the Transylvanian Saxons adopted the Lutheran Reformation, on the main wall are written the words: "Redemption cometh not from war, it is for peace that we all pray.".

[9] The Ethnographic Museum has a rich patrimony, grouped in 49 collections of ethnography, folk art, artistry, records.

The items exhibited concern trades, national costumes, and tradition specific to the upper course of the Mureș River, the Gurghiu valley, and part of the Transylvanian Plain.

[9] The building in which the "Alexandru Ceușianu" secondary school functions was constructed in 1870 and housed the local law court.

The wood processing industry is represented by companies such as Larix, Gralemn, Remex, Bucin-Mob, Prolemn, and Amis.

In 1850, under the domination of the Austrian Empire, the town featured a German majority, with:[11] 60 years later, while the town was under Hungarian domination in Austria-Hungary, the town still featured a dual German-Hungarian majority, with a sizeable Romanian minority: The 2021 census in Romania revealed the following statistics: Traditional German architectural heritage: Traditional Hungarian architectural heritage: Traditional Romanian architectural heritage: New landmarks: Reghin is twinned with:[12]