Biertan

Biertan is a village in , and has about 1,560 residents. Biertan is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .
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Photo: Andrei Dan Suciu, CC BY 3.0.
  • Type: Village with 1,560 residents
  • Description: village in Sibiu County, Romania
  • Also known as: “Berethalom” and “Birthälm”

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Fortified Church of Biertan and The Fortified Church of Copșa Mare.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Biertan fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in , , in the region of . It was built by the ethnic German Transylvanian Saxon community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary.

Church
Photo: Aleksander Dragnes, CC BY 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Copșa Mare and Dupuș.

Village
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Biertan.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Biertan.

Biertan

Latitude
46.13631° or 46° 8′ 11″ north
Longitude
24.52096° or 24° 31′ 15″ east
Population
1,560
Open location code
8GR64GPC+G9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 130583539
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q793388
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Volapük—“Biertan” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Биертан”
  • Catalan: “Biertan”
  • Cebuano: “Biertan”
  • Chechen: “Б’ертан”
  • Dutch: “Biertan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيرتان”
  • Esperanto: “Berethalom”
  • Esperanto: “Biertan”
  • Esperanto: “Birthalm”
  • French: “Biertan”
  • German: “Berethalom”
  • German: “Biertan”
  • German: “Birthälm”
  • Hebrew: “ביירטאן”
  • Hungarian: “Berethalom”
  • Irish: “Biertan”
  • Italian: “Biertan”
  • Japanese: “ビエルタン”
  • Japanese: “ベレトハロム”
  • Malay: “Biertan”
  • Polish: “Biertan”
  • Portuguese: “Biertan”
  • Romanian: “Biertan, Sibiu”
  • Romanian: “Biertan”
  • Serbian: “Биертан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Biertan, Biertan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Biertan”
  • Spanish: “Biertan”
  • Swedish: “Biertan”
  • Tatar: “Б’ертан”
  • Ukrainian: “Б’єртан (Б’єртан, Сібіу)”
  • Ukrainian: “Б’єртан (Сібіу)”
  • Ukrainian: “Б’єртан”
  • Vietnamese: “Biertan”
  • Volapük: “Biertan”

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