Sighișoara

Sighișoara is a city on the Tarnava River in Mures county, in the historic region of . craftsmen and merchants, the Transylvanian Saxons, were invited here by the King of during the 12th century to settle and defend the frontier.
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  • Type: City with 32,600 residents
  • Description: city in Mureș County, Romania
  • Also known as: “Castrum Sex”, “Saxoburgum”, “Schäsbrich”, “Schäßburg”, “Segesvar”, “Segesvár”, “Šesburχ”, “Sighisoara”, and “Sighişoara”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sighișoara Citadel and Sighișoara City Hall.

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The Historic Centre of Sighișoara is the old historic center of the town of Sighișoara, , built in the 12th century by Saxon settlers. It is an inhabited medieval citadel that, in 1999, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its 850-year-old testament to the history and culture of the Transylvanian Saxons.

Town hall
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The City Hall of Sighişoara, Romania, is located near to . The building was built between 1887 and 1888. In the upper floor there is a baroque hall, which hosts an Academic Music festival and many other concerts of prestigious bands.

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The Butchers' Tower is one of the nine towers located in the Citadel of Sighişoara, belonging to in . The Butcher's Tower was built in the late 15th century.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Viilor.

Village
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is a village.

Sighișoara

Latitude
46.2202° or 46° 13′ 13″ north
Longitude
24.7934° or 24° 47′ 36″ east
Population
32,600
Elevation
350 metres (1,148 feet)
United Nations Location Code
RO SSA
Open location code
8GR66QCV+39
Open­Street­Map ID
node 59722301
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
8436351
Wiki­data ID
Q193001
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yiddish—“Sighișoara” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Sighişoara”
  • Achinese: “Sighișoara”
  • Afrikaans: “Sighisoara”
  • Afrikaans: “Sighișoara”
  • Albanian: “Sighișoara”
  • Albanian: “Sigishoara”
  • Arabic: “سيغيشوارا”
  • Armenian: “Սիգիշոարա”
  • Basque: “Sighișoara”
  • Belarusian: “Сегешвар”
  • Belarusian: “Сігішаара”
  • Bengali: “সিগিসোয়ারা”
  • Bulgarian: “Сигишоара”
  • Catalan: “Segesvár”
  • Catalan: “Sighisoara”
  • Catalan: “Sighişoara”
  • Catalan: “Sighişoară”
  • Catalan: “Sighișoara”
  • Cebuano: “Municipiul Sighișoara”
  • Cebuano: “Sighișoara”
  • Chinese: “錫吉什瓦拉”
  • Chinese: “锡吉什瓦拉”
  • Croatian: “Segesvár”
  • Croatian: “Sighişoara”
  • Croatian: “Sighișoara”
  • Croatian: “Sigishoara”
  • Croatian: “Sigišoara”
  • Czech: “Sigešvár”
  • Czech: “Sighişoara”
  • Czech: “Sighișoara”
  • Danish: “Sighiosara”
  • Danish: “Sighioşara”
  • Danish: “Sighisoara”
  • Danish: “Sighişoara”
  • Danish: “Sighișoara”
  • Dutch: “Segesvar”
  • Dutch: “Segesvár”
  • Dutch: “Sighisoara”
  • Dutch: “Sighişoara”
  • Dutch: “Sighișoara”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيجيشوارا”
  • Esperanto: “Schäßburg”
  • Esperanto: “Segesvár”
  • Esperanto: “Segeŝvaro”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝegesvaro”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝegeŝvaro”
  • Esperanto: “Sighisoara”
  • Esperanto: “Sighişoara”
  • Esperanto: “Sighișoara”
  • Estonian: “Castrum Sex”
  • Estonian: “Schäßburg”
  • Estonian: “Segesvár”
  • Estonian: “Sighisoara”
  • Estonian: “Sighişoara”
  • Estonian: “Sighișoara”
  • Finnish: “Schässburg”
  • Finnish: “Schäßburg”
  • Finnish: “Sighisoara”
  • Finnish: “Sighişoara”
  • Finnish: “Sighișoara”
  • French: “Centre historique de Sighisoara”
  • French: “Segesvar”
  • French: “Sighisoara”
  • French: “Sighişoara”
  • French: “Sighiṣoara”
  • French: “Sighișoara”
  • Georgian: “სიგიშოარა”
  • German: “Schässburg”
  • German: “Schäßburg”
  • German: “Segesvar”
  • German: “Segesvár”
  • German: “Sighisoara”
  • German: “Sighișoara”
  • Greek: “Σιγκισοάρα”
  • Gujarati: “સિઘિસોરા”
  • Hebrew: “סיגישוארה”
  • Hindi: “सिघिसोआरा”
  • Hungarian: “Segesvár”
  • Indonesian: “Schaessburg”
  • Indonesian: “Schassburg”
  • Indonesian: “Schässburg”
  • Indonesian: “Schäßburg”
  • Indonesian: “Segesvar”
  • Indonesian: “Segesvár”
  • Indonesian: “Sighisoara”
  • Indonesian: “Sighişoara”
  • Indonesian: “Sighișoara”
  • Irish: “Sighișoara”
  • Italian: “Schäßburg”
  • Italian: “Segesvár”
  • Italian: “Sighisoara”
  • Italian: “Sighişoara”
  • Italian: “Sighișoara”
  • Japanese: “シギショアラ”
  • Kannada: “ಸಿಗಿಶೂವರ”
  • Kannada: “ಸಿಗ್ಹಿಸೋವರ”
  • Korean: “시기쇼아라”
  • Latin: “Castrum Sex”
  • Latin: “Saxoburgum”
  • Latin: “Schaesburgum”
  • Latvian: “Šegešvāra”
  • Latvian: “Šesburga”
  • Latvian: “Sigišoara”
  • Latvian: “Sigišoāra”
  • Lithuanian: “Sigišoara”
  • Lombard: “Sighişoara”
  • Lombard: “Sighiṣoara”
  • Lombard: “Sighișoara”
  • Luxembourgish: “Schäßburg”
  • Luxembourgish: “Segesvar”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sighișoara”
  • Macedonian: “Сигишоара”
  • Malay: “Sighisoara”
  • Malay: “Sighișoara”
  • Maltese: “Sighisoara”
  • Maltese: “Sighișoara”
  • Marathi: “साईओआरा”
  • Minangkabau: “Sighișoara”
  • Moksha: “Сигишоара”
  • Mongolian: “Сигишоара”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Schässburg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Schäßburg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Segesvar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Segesvár”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sighisoara”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sighișoara”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sighișoara”
  • Norwegian: “Sighişoara”
  • Norwegian: “Sighișoara”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sighișoara”
  • Persian: “سیگیشوآرا”
  • Persian: “سیگیشوارا”
  • Polish: “Sighisoara”
  • Polish: “Sighişoara”
  • Polish: “Sighișoara”
  • Polish: “Sigiszoara”
  • Polish: “Szegeszwar”
  • Portuguese: “Sighisoara”
  • Portuguese: “Sighişoara”
  • Portuguese: “Sighișoara”
  • Romanian: “Sighisoara”
  • Romanian: “Sighişoara”
  • Romanian: “Sighișoara”
  • Russian: “Сегешвар”
  • Russian: “Сигишоара”
  • Russian: “Шегешвар”
  • Russian: “Шёсбург”
  • Scots: “Sighișoara”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sighișoara”
  • Serbian: “Segešvar”
  • Serbian: “Sighişoara”
  • Serbian: “Сегешвар”
  • Serbian: “Сигишоара”
  • Serbian: “Шегешвар”
  • Serbian: “Шесбург”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sighişoara”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sighișoara”
  • Silesian: “Sighișoara”
  • Sinhala: “සිගිසෝරා”
  • Slovak: “Sighisoara”
  • Slovak: “Sighişoara”
  • Slovak: “Sighișoara”
  • Slovenian: “Castrum Sex”
  • Slovenian: “Schäßburg”
  • Slovenian: “Segesvár”
  • Slovenian: “Sighișoara”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سیگیشوآرا”
  • Spanish: “Segesvar”
  • Spanish: “Segesvár”
  • Spanish: “Sighisoara”
  • Spanish: “Sighişoara”
  • Spanish: “Sighișoara”
  • Spanish: “Şighisoara”
  • Spanish: “Şighişoara”
  • Swedish: “Schässburg”
  • Swedish: “Schäßburg”
  • Swedish: “Segesvár”
  • Swedish: “Sighisoara”
  • Swedish: “Sighişoara”
  • Swedish: “Sighișoara”
  • Tajik: “Sigișoara”
  • Tajik: “Сигишоара”
  • Tamil: “சிகிஸோரா”
  • Telugu: “సిఘిసోవారా”
  • Thai: “เซียไวรา”
  • Turkish: “Segeşvar”
  • Turkish: “Sighișoara”
  • Ukrainian: “Сігішоара”
  • Ukrainian: “Сіґішоара”
  • Urdu: “سیگیشوارا”
  • Uzbek: “Sighișoara”
  • Vietnamese: “Sighisoara”
  • Vietnamese: “Sighișoara”
  • Welsh: “Sighișoara”
  • Wu Chinese: “锡吉什瓦拉”
  • Yiddish: “שעסבורג”
  • “Sighișoara”

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