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The Best Attractions In Saschiz

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Saschiz is a commune in Mureș County, Romania. It has a population of 2,048: 88% Romanians, 5% Germans, 4% Hungarians and 3% Roma. It is composed of three villages: Cloașterf, Mihai Viteazu and Saschiz. Saschiz, with its 15th-century church, is part of the World Heritage Site Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, designated in 1999 by UNESCO.
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  • 1. Saxon Church Saschiz
    The Transylvanian Saxons are a people of German ethnicity who were settled in Transylvania in waves starting from the mid-12th century until the late Modern Age . After 1918, when, in the wake of the Treaty of Trianon, Transylvania was separated from Hungary and became part of the Kingdom of Romania, Transylvanian Saxons, together with other German sub-groups in newly enlarged Romania , became part of that country's broader German minority. Relatively few still live in Romania, where the last official census carried out in 2011 indicated around 36,000 Germans, out of which approximately 13,000 were of Transylvanian Saxon descent.
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  • 5. Salina Praid - Salt Mine Praid
    Salina Turda is a salt mine in the Durgău-Valea Sărată area of Turda, the second largest city in Cluj County, Romania. Since its opening to tourists in 1992, Salina Turda has been visited by about two million Romanian and foreign tourists.Salina Turda was ranked among the 25 hidden gems around the world that are worth the trek.
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  • 6. The Fortified Church of Biertan Biertan
    Transylvania is a historical region in central and northwestern Romania. It was part of the Dacian Kingdom , Roman Dacia , the Hunnic Empire , the Kingdom of the Gepids , the Avar Khaganate and the 9th century First Bulgarian Empire. During the late 9th century, western Transylvania was reached by the Hungarian conquerors and later it became part of the Kingdom of Hungary, formed in 1000. After the Battle of Mohács in 1526 it belonged to the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom, from which the Principality of Transylvania emerged. During most of the 16th and 17th centuries, the principality was a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire; however, the principality had dual suzerainty . In 1690, the Habsburgs gained possession of Transylvania through the Hungarian crown. After 1711 Habsburg control of Trans...
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  • 9. Viscri Fortified Church Viscri
    The Viscri fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Viscri , Brașov 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.
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