Saschiz Fortified ChurchBiserica fortificată din Saschiz

Saschiz Fortified ChurchBiserica fortificată din Saschiz - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

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. Read more on Wikipedia

type: religious building
date from: 1496

Source: en.wikipedia.org