Viscri

Viscri or Deutsch Weisskirch is a village in Brasov County. It is a UNESCO world heritage site. Viscri has about 412 residents.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include The Fortified Church of Viscri.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Viscri fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Viscri, , 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fișer.

Village
Photo: Cerghizan Radu, Public domain.
is a village, which is situated 4½ km northeast of Viscri.

Viscri

Latitude
46.0567° or 46° 3′ 24″ north
Longitude
25.0974° or 25° 5′ 51″ east
Population
412
Elevation
532 metres (1,745 feet)
Open location code
8GR7334W+MW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 441167528
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
662704
Wiki­data ID
Q935538
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Satellite Map

Discover Viscri from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Viscri” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Deutsch-Weißkirch”
  • Bulgarian: “Szászfehéregyháza”
  • Bulgarian: “Вискри (рум. Viscri)”
  • Bulgarian: “Вискри”
  • Catalan: “Viscri”
  • Chechen: “Вискри”
  • Dutch: “Viscri”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ڤيسكرى”
  • Esperanto: “Deutsch-Weisskirch”
  • Esperanto: “Szászfehéregyháza”
  • Esperanto: “Viscri”
  • French: “Viscri”
  • German: “Deutsch-Weisskirch”
  • German: “Deutsch-Weißkirch”
  • German: “Szászfehéregyháza”
  • German: “Viscri”
  • Hungarian: “Szászfehéregyháza”
  • Japanese: “ヴィスクリ”
  • Japanese: “サースフェヘールエジハーザ”
  • Polish: “Viscri”
  • Romanian: “Viscri, Brașov”
  • Romanian: “Viscri”
  • Russian: “Вискри”
  • Tatar: “Вискри”
  • Ukrainian: “Віскрі”
  • Ukrainian: “Німецька-Білацерква”

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