Valea Viilor fortified church

The Valea Viilor fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Valea Viilor, Sibiu 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.

Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.

Opening hours: Monday—Saturday 10:00 AM—1:00 PM and 2:00 PM—6:00 PM
Type: Church
Denomination: Evangelical Lutheran
Description: heritage site in Sibiu County, Romania
Also known as: “Biserica Fortificată”
Address: 341, Valea Viilor

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Valea Viilor and Șoala.

Valea Viilor

Village

Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.

Valea Viilor is a village.

Șoala

Village

Photo: Andrei kokelburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.

Șoala is a village, which is situated 3 km south of Valea Viilor fortified church.

Axente Sever

Village

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Axente Sever is a village, which is situated 5 km west of Valea Viilor fortified church.

Valea Viilor fortified church

Categories: fortress church, building, tourism, tourist attraction, place of worship, and religion
Location: Valea Viilor, Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

46.0832° or 46° 4′ 60″ north

Longitude

24.27725° or 24° 16′ 38″ east

Levels

6

Open location code

8GR637MG+7V

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=evangelical_lutheran

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Valea Viilor fortified church” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Església fortificada de Valea Viilor”
Estonian: “Valea Viilori kindluskirik”
French: “eglise fortifiee de Valea Viilor”
French: “église fortifiée de Valea Viilor”
French: “Église fortifiée de Valea Viilor”
German: “Wehrkirche Wurmloch”
Hungarian: “Nagybaromlaki erődtemplom”
Romanian: “Ansamblul bisericii evanghelice fortificate”
Romanian: “Biserica fortificată din Valea Viilor”
Turkish: “Valea Viilor müstahkem kilisesi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Evangelical Church Museum and Primăria Valea Viilor.

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