The Fortified Church of Saschiz
The Saschiz fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Saschiz, Mureș County, in the Transylvania region of Romania. It was built by the ethnic German Transylvanian Saxon community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Antony Stanley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Alexandra Vladu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Evangelical
- Description: Lutheran fortified church in Romania
- Also known as: “Saschiz fortified church”
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saschiz and Mureni.
Mureni
Village
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mureni is a village, which is situated 4½ km northeast of The Fortified Church of Saschiz.
Cloașterf
Village
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cloașterf is a village, which is situated 6 km southeast of The Fortified Church of Saschiz.
The Fortified Church of Saschiz
- Categories: fortress church, tourism, tourist attraction, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Saschiz, Mureș County, Szeklerland, Transylvania, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
46.19416° or 46° 11′ 39″ northLongitude
24.96016° or 24° 57′ 37″ eastOpen location code
8GR65XV6+M3OpenStreetMap ID
node 394138735OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=evangelicalWikidata ID
Q16746430
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“The Fortified Church of Saschiz” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Església fortificada de Saschiz”
- French: “eglise fortifiee de Saschiz”
- French: “église fortifiée de Saschiz”
- French: “Église fortifiée de Saschiz”
- German: “Kirchenburg Keisd”
- Hungarian: “Szászkézdi erődtemplom”
- Romanian: “Ansamblul bisericii evanghelice fortificate”
- Romanian: “Biserica fortificată din Saschiz”
- Spanish: “Iglesia fortificada de Saschiz”
- Turkish: “Saschiz müstahkem kilisesi”
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Highlights include Primăria Saschiz and Poliția Saschiz.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “The Fortified Church of Saschiz”. Photo: Antony Stanley, CC BY-SA 2.0.