ルーマニア、シビウのカトリック教会 Catholic Church, Sibiu, Romania
シビウのカトリック教会
Sibiu
The city of Sibiu is one of the most important cities in Transylvania with a remarkable economic development potential, being also advantaged by its positioning on a traffic knot on the fourth Pan European Corridor and enjoying the benefits of an International Airport.
The city is situated at 45°47' Nordic latitude and 24°05' eastern longitude. The altitude compared to the level of the sea varies between 415 meters in the Lower Town and 431 meters in the Upper Town. The city is situated in the temperate continental area, with temperature influences from the nearby mountains. The climate is thus temperate continental with no excesses. The annual average of precipitations is of 662 mm with the lowest values in the month of February (26.7 mm) and the maximum values in June (113 mm).
The average annual temperature is of 8.9 Celsius degrees.
With 155000 permanent inhabitants and 25000 temporary inhabitants, mainly students, Sibiu is the largest city in the county and one of the most important ones in Transylvania.
The local community includes various ethnic groups. The great majority of the population is represented by Romanians (94%) who coexist with Germans, descendants of the Saxon colonists who emigrated in the 17th century from the region where Luxemburg is situated today. Hungarians, Roma and a very small Jewish community also coexist here, all of them contributing to the city life with their specific cultural influences.
The same diversity also characterizes the religious life. Together with the Orthodox community, Reformed, Roman-Catholics and Greek Catholics live and practice their faith in Sibiu.
The social structure of the city is based on the historical existence and multicultural life experience, the diversity of its inhabitants belonging to various ethnic groups, generations and life styles rendering the city a special aura..
Romania, Biertan Fortified Church
Photographer:Samuel Magal (samuel@sites-and-photos.com)
The Biertan fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Biertan (Birthälm), Sibiu County, in the Transylvania region of Romania. It was built by the ethnic community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary. Briefly Roman Catholic, it became Lutheran following the Reformation. Together with the surrounding village, the church forms part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Sibiu 825 (film)
Regie/Directed by: Dumitru Budrala | Romania | 2017 | 26 min.
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subtitles: EN, DE, FR, SP, HU, IT, JP, RU, CHI, RO
Sibiul se află în inima Transilvaniei. Filmul SIBIU 825 face o emoționantă cronică a orașului, de la începuturile sale până astăzi. Povestea înaintează prin secole, oprindu-se asupra unor momente de mare cumpănă, care au pus la încercare însăși existența orașului, alternate cu perioade de înflorire, când Sibiul, din ce în ce mai puternic și prosper, își câștiga o poziție dominantă în regiune, devenind centrul comercial, religios, militar, administrativ și cultural al Transilvaniei.
Descoperiți istoria bogată, veche de nouă secole și plină de momente de suspans, a experienței urbane transilvănene numite Sibiu, cunoscut de-a lungul anilor ca Cibinium, Hermannstadt sau Nagyszeben.
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Sibiu is a city at the heart of Transylvania. This film tells the (short) story of the place from the moment it was born 825 years ago up to our present days. The storyline winds among centuries spotlighting troubled and perilous moments when the very existence of the city was under threat, as well as through happier times of prosperity that show a thriving city commanding a dominant position as Transylvania's prominent and respected commercial, military, administrative and cultural centre.
Join in to watch and discover more of the twists and turns that make up the nine centuries old history of the Transylvanian urban experience called Sibiu a.k.a (over the years) Cibinium, Hermannstadt, and Nagyszeben.
Biserica reformată din DAIA (Székelydálya) Reformed Church (Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania)
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Biserica din Daia, un sat din sud-estul Transilvaniei, la sud de Odorheiu Secuiesc (județul Harghita) a fost edificată și pictată interior în mai multe etape pe parcursul secolelor XII-XIX. Răspândirea masivă în Transilvania a reformei protestante la începutul secolului al XVI-lea face ca biserica și întreaga zonă să treacă la cultul reformat și așa au rămas. Deși uzanțele protestante din acele vremuri făceau să fie acoperite sau distruse picturile murale, biserica din Daia se remarcă prin conservarea acestora, nefiind nici măcar acoperite. Pe ziduri se pot recunoaște urmele unor picturi în frescă: Sfântu gheorghe, legendele Sfântului rege Ladislau și corabia condusă de Papă și Împăratul Romano-German. În schimb, tavanul sanctuarului păstrează foarte bine o uimitoare și neobișnuită (pentru biserici) pictură în stil Renaissance, cu blazoane și datând de pe la anul 1500. Blazoanele pictate sunt fie de tip familial (Lénárd Barabási, vice-voievodul Ardealului; Dinastia Arpadiană; regele Ladislau al II-lea Jagello al Ungariei), ale orașelor (Cluj sau Sighișoara, Sibiu și Brașov) și ale etniilor (sași și secui). Ghidul nostru excepțional a fost Fülöp Szabolcs, pastorul bisericii. Fundalul muzical al videoclipului este creat de cei mai de seamă compozitori protestanți ai tuturor timpurilor și anume Georg Friedrich Händel (oratoriul Messia) și Johann Sebastian Bach (Toccata în D Minor).
The church in Daia, a village in southeastern Transylvania, south of the Odorheiu Secuiesc (Harghita County), was built and painted several stages during the 12th-19th centuries. The massive spread in Transylvania of the Protestant reform at the beginning of the 16th century makes the church and the whole area pass to the reformed worship, and so remain. Although the Protestant uses of those times were to cover or destroy mural paintings, the church of Daia stands out by preserving them, not even covered. The traces of paintings in the fresco can be seen on the walls: Saint George, the legends of Saint Ladislau and the ship led by Pope and the Roman-German Emperor. Instead, the ceiling of the sanctuary preserves a remarkable and unusual (for churches) Renaissance-style painting with coat of arms dating back to 1500. The painted coat of arms are either of a family type (Lénárd Barabási, the vice-voivode of Transylvania; the Arpadian Dynasty; King Ladislaus II Jagello of Hungary), cities (Cluj or Sighisoara, Sibiu and Brasov) and ethnicities (Saxons and Szeklers). Our exceptional guide was Fülöp Szabolcs, the pastor of the church. The musical background of the video is created by the most prominent Protestant composers of all time, namely Georg Friedrich Händel (Messia Oratorio) and Johann Sebastian Bach (Toccata in D Minor).
Romania HiLItes: Fortified Church of Biertan (Transylvania)
The place called BIERTAN is one of the first rural settlements of Transylvania. The first documentary attestation was recorded in 1283. For nearly 300 years (1572-1867) it was here that the Lutheran Protestant Episcopate of Transylvania had its headquarters. THE SAXONS as we know them today started populating Transylvania in the Twelfth to the Fourteenth Centuries, coming from the cast and west of the Rhine. They were given rights in Transylvania and were free to practice the crafts they knew. The first Saxons who came to Biertan were peasants, but they all mastered crafts before coming to Transylvania.
THE CIHURCII was built on the site of a Catholic basilica between 1490-1524. It remained catholic until the Reformation, after which it became a Protestant church. It is an extensive gothic building, having also renaissance and baroque elements (the pulpit, the northern gate, the door of the vestry). This church is one of the biggest rural churches in Transylvania. Since 1993, it has been on the patrimony list of UNESCO.
Prejmer Fortified Church - Romania's UNESCO Transylvanian Treasure
Prejmer Fortified Church
Explore a fantastic fortified church founded by the Teutonic Knights in now Transylvania in Romania. The Ottomans tried to destroy the church over 50 times without success all the while destroying the town. The church is heavily fortified and we will be able to see inside where 4 stories of living and storage accommodation inside the church protected people and goods. The site is in pristine condition having been restored during Communist times
Prejmer Fortified Church
Romania, Valea Viilor Fortified Church
Photographer:Samuel Magal (samuel@sites-and-photos.com)
The Valea Viilor fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Valea Viilor (Wurmloch), 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. Initially Roman Catholic, it became Lutheran following the Reformation. Together with the surrounding village, the church forms part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Biserica Fortificata din Valea Viilor (Wurmloch) ✔
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Biserica fortificata din Valea Viilor este o biserica fortificata luterana aflata in judetul Sibiu, Transilvania, Romania. A fost ridicata de comunitatea saseasca din Transilvania, pe vremea cand regiunea apartinea Regatului Ungar. Initial romano catolica, devine luterana in urma Reformei.
Există dovezi care sugereaza că în sat a existat o biserică romanică anterioară ca și faptul ca în trecut, sub podeaua sacristiei, au potut fi văzute resturi ale acesteia .
In anul 1999 Valea Viilor, împreună cu alte cinci locuri, a fost adăugat la satele cu biserici fortificate din Transilvania din patrimoniul mondial UNESCO.
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The Valea Viilor fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Valea Viilor (Wurmloch), 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. Initially Roman Catholic, it became Lutheran following the Reformation.
There is evidence to suggest that an earlier Romanesque church existed in the village, as remnants could formerly be seen beneath the floor of the sacristy.
In 1999, Valea Viilor, together with five other places, was added to the already-listed Biertan to form the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Romania, Saschiz Fortified Church
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The Saschiz fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Saschiz (Keisd), 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. Initially Roman Catholic, it became Lutheran following the Reformation. Together with the surrounding village, the church forms part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Biserica fortificată - DÂRJIU - The Fortified Church (Transylvania, Romania)
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A székelyderzsi unitárius vártemplom
Dârjiu (în maghiară Székelyderzs) este un sat secuiesc situat în partea sud-estică a Transilvaniei, la circa 18 Km sud-vest de Odorheiu Secuiesc. Biserica unitariană de la Dârjiu este singura secuiască care face parte din grupul celor șapte biserici fortificate din Transilvania incluse în anul 1999 pe lista UNESCO a patrimoniului cultural mondial, celelalte șase biserici fiind săsești (în general evanghelice): Biertan, Prejmer, Viscri, Saschiz, Câlnic și Valea Viilor. Bisericuța catolică inițială, construită în 1270, va fi extinsă în secolele al XIV-lea și al XV-lea. Din 1419 datează pictura pictura interioară, renumită fiind fresca cu legenda Sfântului rege Ladislau. Atacurile asupra ei, dar și Reforma protestantă de la începutul secolului al XVI-lea, atrag modificări constructive importante, fortificarea (ziduri, bastioane, dar și biserica în sine), precum și trecerea la ritul reformat. În prezent, biserica are nu numai un rol religios activ, dar constituie și o componentă socială importantă și de tradiție în viața satului, în fostele fortificații fiind depozitate produse de carne afumată care se pun și se iau respectându-se vechi cutume. În ultimii ani, complexul a fost renovat și anumite spații au fost amenajate ca muzeu etnografic.
Dârjiu (Székelyderzs, in Hungarian) is a Szekler village located in the south-eastern part of Transylvania, about 18 km southwest of Odorheiu Secuiesc. The Unitarian Church in Dârjiu is the only Szekler church who is part of the group of seven fortified churches in Transylvania included in 1999 on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the other six churches being Saxon (generally evangelical): Biertan, Prejmer, Viscri, Saschiz, Câlnic and Valea Viilor. The original Catholic church, built in 1270, will be extended in the 14th and 15th centuries. The interior painting dates back to 1419, being renowned the fresco with the legend of Saint king Ladislau. The attacks on it, but also the Protestant Reformation at the beginning of the 16th century, bring important constructive changes, the fortification (walls, bastions, but also the church itself), as well as the transition to the reformed rite. At present, the church has not only an active religious role, but also an important social and traditional social component in the village's life, with the former fortifications storing smoked meat products that are placed and taked being respected old customs. In recent years, the complex has been renovated and some spaces have been set up as an ethnographic museum.
Cris - The Bethlen Castle, Mures, Romania
Criş (former Crişd; German Saxon: Kraeš; German: Kreisch; Hungarian: Keresd) is a village in Daneş commune, near Sighişoara, Mureş County, Romania. Before 1300, one of the members of the Bethlen family received here a domain, for his bravery during the crusades. Since then goes back also the legend of the family coat of arms, depicting a serpent with an apple in his mouth. The legend said that the place was haunted by a monster, a giant snake associated with the numerous disappearances among locals. The crusader, seeing the snake, have thrown it an apple, which he would have drowned. Historians have a different interpretation, seeing the apple as a symbol of a Papal document, and added during the time the family converted from Catholicism to the Reformed religion. The Bethlen Castle construction began before 1300 and lasted over 400 years (between 14th-17th centuries). Initially, the castle had an irregular quadrilateral shape, with wedge-type rhomboidal bastions on corners. Built in several stages, it was originally designed in Gothic style, and over the years were added the Transylvanian Renaissance elements, being now the most beautiful Renaissance castle in Transylvania. Now, the castle has a fortified square shape, with circular bastions at the corners and square entrance tower, a structure typical for the late medieval military architecture. The residence has two floors, an imposing circular tower (Archers' Tower) and a loggia with semicircular arched openings on short cylindrical pillars. The fortification system was completed with a semi-enclosure with bastions. The buildings of the castle, along with the walls of the fortress, enclose an almost rectangular square. The oldest building is the leveled medieval old tower, its highest level facade being decorated by painted high-relief figures showing warriors carrying halberds or shields in their right hands, their left hands resting on their waists. The 5th level of the tower comprising of eight arched windows is known to be used as a look-out. The secret turret case has been inserted into the thick tower walls. The old tower was provided with Renaissance doorway and window frames during the 16th and the 17th centuries. In 1559, chancellor Georgius Bethlen and his wife Clara of Nagykároly completed the old tower with a vaulted building and a loggia. Their son, Miklos Bethlen, continued to bring further improvements to the castle, with new buildings in Renaissance style. Between 1675 1691, Count Alexius Bethlen consolidated the corners of the fortress with bastions. The rear facade of the old tower faces a small yard, as well as the western walls of the fortress. The leveled building on the eastern side, along with the southern and western walls of the fortress enclose sculptured window and door frames. On the ground-floor is the chapel of the fortress -- one of the most beautiful spaces of the building complex, with both Gothic and Renaissance decorating elements. The wing connecting the eastern side corner bastions hosts a range of inter-connected rooms, with a total length of 50 m. The interior of the castle never failed to preserve its authenticity. The splendor of the salons was enhanced by the exquisitely painted and polished pieces of furniture, as well as by the inbuilt chests of drawers, carpets and rugs. Portraits of family members were lined up along the walls. The library and the family archives were on the first floor of the old tower. In the courtyard of the tower there used to be a flower garden, the castle being surrounded by a vast English park. There was also a pentagonal summer pavilion, with walls decorated with paintings.
When Bethlen family left the country in 1948, the castle was nationalized and used as a pioneer camp and then as vegetables and grain warehouse of the village's farms. Many valuable objects, collections of art, weapons and hunting trophies, furniture, were taken to Sighişoara and some at the Bruckenthal Museum in Sibiu. The rest was stolen. In 1974 the castle was taken over by the Department of Historical Monuments, that began a sustained work of the consolidation and restoration, an activity that lasted until 1977. In that period have been strengthened the chapel, the octagonal tower, the dungeon tower and floor the ground-floor of the manor.
The castle has been partially restored in the '90, but the restoration stopped because the inheritors claimed the castle. After many years of legal suits, the Transylvanian branch of the family received the castle and the park.
Mesendorf - The fortified church, Brasov, Romania.
Meșendorf was mentioned for the first time in 1290 in a ratification of boundaries between Mukendorf and Sarustelek. In 1332, from a document enumerating the properties of the Abbey of Cârța, we find out that, together with Cloașterf and Criț, Meșendorf was also part of them. This situation lasted until 1474 when the abbey was abolished and all of its possessions were taken by Saint Mary's Church in Sibiu, today the parish church.
Without knowing the exact year of foundation we can assume that the church of Meșendorf dates from the middle of the 14th century. The hall church built of gross sandstone had a tower annexed on the west side and fourteen buttresses unloading the pressure of the vaults from the nave and choir. The hall had initially three windows on the north and south sides, an ogival chancel arch, rib vaults and a portal on the west side, at the ground floor of the tower. The latter has five levels, the first one corresponding to the portal has a barrel vault, the second one communicates with the actual organ loft through a mobile staircase, and the third one is open to the church attic. In 1494, together with the more extensive fortification works, the last level of the tower received a defense gallery on consoles. On the north and south sides which are more exposed to the enemy, the handrails were made of stone; on the east and west sides were made of wood. At the same time the west portal was walled in and a new one was made on the south side; together with the portal, the west windows were also walled in. The hall and the choir of the church were raised with two meters, resulting in two defense levels, the first one provided with crenels and the second one with a gallery on a timber console. The spaces between the supporting elements were provided with machicolations. The access to the new defensive features was made through the third level of the tower.
Around the end of the 15th century the polygonal precinct was built, with walls of about five meters high. The two towers from the southeast and southwest sides of the precinct, covered by oblique roofs, have three levels each, the access to the last floor from the courtyard is made through the second floor, because of the oscillations of level. The defense gallery was maintained on the south side, partially supported by the curtain wall that narrows at approximately two meters above the ground, and partially by wooden consoles. The access to the precinct can also be found on this side.
In 1653 was placed the polyptych altar with four panels decorated with scenes from the Passion.
In 1765 the south gallery from inside the church was painted and the organ made by Johannes Hahn from Sibiu was brought.
In 1914 Josef Vogel restored the paintings of the galleries and the old organ was replaced with a new one placed above the altar. The latter received in 1923 two new mobile panels which replaced the old ones, painted with the heads of the four evangelists by Hans Hermann.
In 1958 the southeast tower was demolished because of the weak structure; the wall was rebuilt using bricks.
In present day, the church and the fortifications are in restauration.
The Fortress of Fagaras, Romania
Făgăraş (German: Fogarasch, Fugreschmarkt, Hungarian: Fogaras) is a city in central Romania, located in Braşov County. It lies on the Olt River and has a population of 35,400 as of 2004.
Although the city has become almost totally Romanian-populated through Saxon and Hungarian emigration, the diverse background is still obvious. The most important attraction points in the city are the fortress, Radu Negru High school, the Reformed Church and the local Catholic church.
Paul Hemmerth - un sas intors la Richis - reportaj - Salveaza Romania Frumoasa
[en] Paul Hemmerth is a Saxon returned home to Richis
Paul Hemmerth is a Saxon returned home to Richis, in Sibiu County. He fights to save traditional houses, which he knew from childhood and impeccably restored several of them.
[ro] Paul Hemmerth este un sas intors la Richis. El lupta pentru restaurarea caselor sasesti si contribuie alaturi de alti straini stabiliti in localitate la conservarea satului sasesc.
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Cetatea de Balta - The Reformed Church, Romania.
The first dates regarding to Cetatea de Baltă beginning with 1177 we may find in the papal register where it's called villa Cuculiensis castri. The towers of the reformed church were built in 1060 what had survived the Tartar invasion of 1241 marked by a large scale painted tartar head in it made at the ending of the 13th century. The building of the Reformed Church ( Roman Catholic until 1550-1560) , with a nave, pentagonal choir and a massive tower on the west side, with its entrance on the west side through a small porch having a semicircular opening and archway in the top part. The façade of the entrance is flanked by two massive threaded braces that protect two niches which used to be windows. The basis of the steeple is surrounded by a wooden gallery. The present day tower is made of two square towers united by a subsequent masonry work. The northern façade is articulated with a great number of braces with different profiles. Their sections are different, being triangular or polygonal. The entire construction belongs to the mature gothic or the late gothic style; this shows the importance of the church and the interest for consolidating it in different periods of time. The gothic portal on the southern façade is remarkable - abandoned nowadays and it has archivolt and door jambs articulated with a series of cylindrical toruses sheets. The church has a bell with the inscription 1417 but some sources place its building somewhere during 1332. What is a certainty is the fact the parish had existed for over a century by 1415 when a Latin chronicle mentions its patron: Saint Stephan. In the beginning of the 15th century, the church was embellished with frescoes; a fact proved when the 1897 restoration works took place: 1525 paintings were found. During this restoration process the vault under the triumph arch was also dug up, which hid three coffins dating from the 16th century.
While after a document from 1214, on this place King Istvan I. built from quarter-timber and earthwork a fortification which was demolished during the same invasion. In the 14th century there is another mentioning of a fortification.
Into the Tower - First German Reformed Church - AV238
Travel up into the bell tower of the abandoned First German Reformed Church! A complete walkthrough will be aired soon!
Gospel at the Evangelical Church, Petersberg - Romania - 9th of July 2013 MVI 3544
Biertan fortified Saxon church in Biertan Sibiu County, in the Transylvania region of Romania.
The Biertan fortified church (Romanian: Biserica fortificată din Biertan; German: Kirchenburg von Birthälm) is a Lutheran fortified church in Biertan (Birthälm), Sibiu County, in the Transylvania region of Romania. Biertan was founded by Transylvanian Saxons in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. It was allowed to organize a market, placing it in competition with Mediaș and Moșna; it was also the see of the Saxon Lutheran Church from 1572 to 1867. This accounts for the elaborate church and its defenses.
A hall church with three naves that retains a design close to the original,it was the last such church built in Transylvania, and was constructed between 1486 and 1524 on the site of an earlier Romanesque church. Dedicated to the Virgin Mary and built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches, the structure was constrained by the hilly landscape. The choir is 18 m in length, with a rib-vaulted ceiling, while the three naves of equal height also have rib vaulting. A defensive level above the choir has parapets and a battlement. A second, wooden, level was demolished in 1803. The polyptych altarpiece has 28 panels executed between 1482 and 1513 by a painter likely trained at Vienna and Nuremberg. In the center, there is a sculpted group: a crucifix with Jesus Christ hanging, Mary standing and Mary Magdalene embracing the cross. The upper side panels show visions of Ezekiel and Augustus.[ The stone pulpit, which shows scenes carved in relief, dates to 1523. The richly decorated intarsia door of the sacristy has a complex lock, displayed at the 1889 Paris World's Fair. Its central system blocks the door in thirteen points, ensuring the safety of the valuables kept in the sacristy.
Fortifications and recognition
The King granted the town the right to bear arms when the Ottoman army was frightening the surroundings. The Transylvanian Saxons chose to build instead of fortresses around the towns, to fortify the churches.The church has three rows of exterior fortifications linked by gate towers nine in total. The first, with four towers, dates to the 14th century; the second was built together with the church, and has a series of reinforcing arches; the third, also with towers, is from the 16th and 17th centuries. The clock tower to the north of the church also serves as a gate within the inner fortifications. Four stories high, it has a wooden battlement and parapets. The clock is above the pyramid-shaped roof. The wooden bell tower is located north of the church, while the mausoleum tower contains the headstones of the priest who built the church as well as the bishops buried at Biertan. The Catholic tower was used by the few Saxons who did not adhere to the Reformation but kept their Roman Catholic faith. Its chapel (ca. 1520–1530) features a rare example of 16th-century Transylvanian mural painting, forming an exception to the austere aesthetic that predominated. The grounds contain a matrimonial prison where couples wishing to divorce were confined so they could be sure they wished to end their marriage.The lockup lasted for two weeks, although the pair could leave early if they reconciled. They had to share a single bed, plate and spoon. During the three centuries that bishops resided at Biertan, just one couple ended up divorcing.
The church was occupied and robbed in 1704, during Rákóczi's War of Independence.It suffered damage during the 1977 Vrancea earthquake and subsequently underwent restoration work between 1983 and 1989. Since 1990, Saxons come annually to Biertan to celebrate their heritage. In 1993, Biertan and its fortified church were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site; it was joined by six other places in 1999 to form the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania site. Additionally, the church is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, with each of the three fortifications considered a separate monument. Biertan was the subject of two 2011 postage stamps, a joint issue between Germany and Romania.
Prejmer fortified church
Prejmer Fortified Church
Biserica fortificată din Prejmer
Religion: Affiliation Lutheran
Location
Location Prejmer, Romania
Geographic coordinates 45.7220793°N 25.7734555°ECoordinates: 45.7220793°N 25.7734555°E
Architecture
Type Fortified church
Style Romanesque
Completed 1240
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name: Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania
Type Cultural
Official name: Historic monuments in Sibiu County
The Prejmer fortified church (Romanian: Biserica fortificată din Prejmer; German: Kirchenburg von Tartlau) is a Lutheran fortified church in Prejmer (Tartlau), Brașov County, in the Transylvania region of Romania and the ethnographic area of the Burzenland. The church was founded by the Germanic Teutonic Knights, and then was eventually taken over by the Transylvanian Saxon community. Initially Roman Catholic, it became Lutheran following the Reformation. Together with the surrounding village, the church forms part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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