South-eastern Transylvania

Transylvania

Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...

 region in Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 has one of the highest numbers of existing fortified churches from the 13th to 16th centuries. More than 150 villages in the area count various types of fortified churches, seven of them being included in the UNESCO World Heritage

World Heritage Site

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the UNESCO as of special cultural or physical significance...

 under the name of Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania. Here is the (still incomplete) list of Transylvanian towns and villages having a fortified church in good shape.

List of Saxon

Transylvanian Saxons

The Transylvanian Saxons are a people of German ethnicity who settled in Transylvania from the 12th century onwards.The colonization of Transylvania by Germans was begun by King Géza II of Hungary . For decades, the main task of the German settlers was to defend the southeastern border of the...

 towns and villages

1. Agârbiciu
   Axente Sever, Sibiu
   Axente Sever is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania.The commune is composed of three villages: Agârbiciu , Axente Sever and Șoala...
   
   
2. Agnita
   Agnita
   Agnita is a town on the Hârtibaciu river in Sibiu County, Transylvania, central Romania. It is considered the locality in the center of the country. The town administers two villages, Coveş and Ruja...
   
   
3. Alma Vii
   Mosna, Sibiu
   Moşna is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Alma Vii, Moşna and Nemşa. Moşna and Alma Vii have fortified churches.-References:...
   
   
4. Alţâna
   Altana
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5. Amnaş
6. Apold
   Apold
   Apold is a commune in Mureş County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Apold, Daia , Şaeş and Vulcan.-References:...
   
   
7. Archita
   Vânatori, Mures
   Vânători is a commune in Mureş County, Romania composed of five villages: Archita, Feleag, Mureni, Şoard and Vânători. It has a population of 3,760: 47% Romanians, 26% Hungarians, 26% Roma and 1% others.- See also :...
   
   
8. Aţel
   Atel
   Aţel is a commune in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Aţel and Dupuş. The commune first appears in written history in 1283 as villa Echelini. Later appearances in written documents are villa Heclini , Hetzelini villa and villa Eczlen , Ecczel , and Heczeldorf...
   
   
9. Avrig
   Avrig
   Avrig is a town in the Sibiu County, Romania. It has a population of 16,215 and the first documents attesting the village date to 1346.The town administers four villages: Bradu , Glâmboaca , Mârşa and Săcădate .- Geography :It lies on the left bank of the river Olt Avrig is a town in the Sibiu...
   
   
10. Axente Sever
    Axente Sever, Sibiu
    Axente Sever is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania.The commune is composed of three villages: Agârbiciu , Axente Sever and Șoala...
    
    
11. Băgaciu
12. Bărcuț
    Soars
    Şoarş is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bărcuţ, Felmer, Rodbav, Seliştat and Şoarş. Every one of these has a fortified church....
    
    
13. Bazna
    Bazna
    Bazna is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bazna, Boian and Velţ...
    
    
14. Beia
    CATA
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15. Biertan
    Biertan
    Biertan is a commune in central Romania, in the north of the Sibiu County, 80 km north of Sibiu and 15 km east of Mediaş. Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993...
    
    
16. Bod
    Bod, Brasov
    Bod is a commune in Braşov County, Romania with 3927 inhabitants . It is composed of two villages, Bod and Colonia Bod. At Bod there is one of Romania's largest sugar factories and a broadcasting transmitter for long- and medium-wave radio, the Bod Transmitter...
    
    
17. Boian
    Bazna
    Bazna is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bazna, Boian and Velţ...
    
    
18. Bradu
    Avrig
    Avrig is a town in the Sibiu County, Romania. It has a population of 16,215 and the first documents attesting the village date to 1346.The town administers four villages: Bradu , Glâmboaca , Mârşa and Săcădate .- Geography :It lies on the left bank of the river Olt Avrig is a town in the Sibiu...
    
    
19. Brateiu
    Brateiu
    Brateiu is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Brateiu and Buzd , each of which has a fortified church....
    
    
20. Brădeni
    Bradeni
    Brădeni is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Brădeni, Retiş and Ţeline.-Architecture:A hall-shaped Lutheran church was erected by the local Transylvanian Saxon community in the 15th century.-References:...
    
    
21. Bruiu
    Bruiu
    Bruiu is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bruiu, Gherdeal and Şomartin. Each of these has a fortified church.-Architecture:...
    
    
22. Bunești
    Bunesti, Brasov
    Buneşti ) is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Buneşti, Criţ, Meşendorf, Roadeş and Viscri . Each of these has a fortified church.-Viscri:...
    
    
23. Buzd
    Brateiu
    Brateiu is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Brateiu and Buzd , each of which has a fortified church....
    
    
24. Câlnic
    Câlnic, Alba
    Câlnic is a commune in Alba County, Romania, composed of two villages, Câlnic and Deal . Câlnic village is known for its castle, which is on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites.-The castle:...
    
    
25. Cața
    Cata, Brasov
    Caţa is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Beia, Caţa, Drăuşeni, Ioneşti and Paloş. There are three fortified churches in the commune, at Caţa, Beia and Drăuşeni....
    
    
26. Cenade
    Cenade
    Cenade is a commune located in Alba County, Romania. It has a population of 1015. It is composed of three villages: Capu Dealului , Cenade and Gorgan.-References:...
    
    
27. Chirpăr
    Chirpar
    Chirpăr is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Chirpăr, Săsăuş, Vărd and Veseud. Chirpăr and Veseud villages have fortified churches.-Architecture:...
    
    
28. Cincșor
    Voila, Brasov
    Voila is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Cincşor , Dridif , Ludişor , Sâmbăta de Jos , Voila and Voivodeni...
    
    
29. Cincu
30. Cisnădie
    Cisnadie
    Cisnădie is a town in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania located approximately 10 km from Sibiu. As of 2002, it has a population of about 17,871...
    
    
31. Cisnădioara
32. Cloașterf
    Saschiz
    Saschiz is a commune in Mureş County, Romania. It has a population of 2,048: 88% Romanians, 5% Germans, 4% Hungarians and 3% Roma. It is composed of three villages: Cloaşterf, Mihai Viteazu and Saschiz....
    
    
33. Codlea
    Codlea
    Codlea is a city in Braşov County, central Romania.-History:During the 13th century, the Teutonic Order built a fortress known as Schwarzburg near the "Măgura Codlei". The castle's name was first noted in 1265. The city of Codlea is believed to have been also founded by Germans...
    
    
34. Copșa Mare
    Biertan
    Biertan is a commune in central Romania, in the north of the Sibiu County, 80 km north of Sibiu and 15 km east of Mediaş. Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993...
    
    
35. Cricău
    Cricau
    Cricău is a commune located in Alba County, Romania. It has a population of 2,097 and is composed of three villages: Craiva, Cricău and Tibru.-References:...
    
    
36. Cristian
    Cristian, Brasov
    Cristian is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Cristian.At the 2002 census, 95.3% of inhabitants were Romanians, 2.9% Transylvanian Saxons and 1.8% Hungarians. 93.1% were Romanian Orthodox, 2.6% Lutheran, 1.7% Christian Evangelical, 0.8% Reformed and 0.5%...
    
    
37. Cristian
    Cristian, Sibiu
    Cristian is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Cristian....
    
    
38. Criț
    Bunesti, Brasov
    Buneşti ) is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Buneşti, Criţ, Meşendorf, Roadeş and Viscri . Each of these has a fortified church.-Viscri:...
    
    
39. Curciu
    Dârlos
    Dârlos is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Curciu, Dârlos and Valea Lungă.-References:...
    
    
40. Dacia
41. Daia, Mureș
    Apold
    Apold is a commune in Mureş County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Apold, Daia , Şaeş and Vulcan.-References:...
    
    
42. Daia, Sibiu
    Rosia, Sibiu
    Roşia is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Caşolţ, Cornăţel, Daia, Nou, Nucet and Roşia.-References:...
    
    
43. Daneș
    Danes
    Danish people or Danes are the nation and ethnic group that is native to Denmark, and who speak Danish.The first mention of Danes within the Danish territory is on the Jelling Rune Stone which mentions how Harald Bluetooth converted the Danes to Christianity in the 10th century...
    
    
44. Dârlos
    Dârlos
    Dârlos is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Curciu, Dârlos and Valea Lungă.-References:...
    
    
45. Dealu Frumos
    Merghindeal
    Merghindeal is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Dealu Frumos and Merghindeal. Each of these has a fortified church....
    
    
46. Dobârca
    Miercurea Sibiului
    Miercurea Sibiului is a town in the west of Sibiu County, in southern Transylvania, central Romania, 34 km to the west of the county capital Sibiu.-Administration:...
    
    
47. Drăușeni
    CATA
    CATA may refer to:*Cape Ann Transportation Authority in Gloucester, Massachusetts*Capital Area Transportation Authority in Lansing, Michigan*Centre Area Transportation Authority in State College, Pennsylvania*CATA Línea Aérea an Argentinian airline...
    
    
48. Dupuș
    Atel
    Aţel is a commune in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Aţel and Dupuş. The commune first appears in written history in 1283 as villa Echelini. Later appearances in written documents are villa Heclini , Hetzelini villa and villa Eczlen , Ecczel , and Heczeldorf...
    
    
49. Feldioara
50. Felmer
    Soars
    Şoarş is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bărcuţ, Felmer, Rodbav, Seliştat and Şoarş. Every one of these has a fortified church....
    
    
51. Fișer
    Rupea
    Rupea is a town in Braşov County in Transylvania, Romania. It administers one village, Fișer, which has a fortified church. Older Romanian names for the settlement include Cohalm and Holuma....
    
    
52. Gherdeal
    Bruiu
    Bruiu is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bruiu, Gherdeal and Şomartin. Each of these has a fortified church.-Architecture:...
    
    
53. Ghimbav
    Ghimbav
    Ghimbav is a town in Braşov County, Transylvania, central Romania. It is located in the centre of Romania, 5 miles west of Braşov.-History:The town was first mentioned in a letter written in 1420 by King Sigismund of Luxembourg...
    
    
54. Gușterița
    Sibiu
    Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania with a population of 154,548. Located some 282 km north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt...
    
     - neighbourhood of Sibiu
    Sibiu
    Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania with a population of 154,548. Located some 282 km north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt...
    
    
55. Hamba
    Sura Mare
    Şura Mare is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Hamba and Şura Mare. Both of these have fortified churches....
    
    
56. Hălchiu, Brașov
57. Hărman
    Harman, Brasov
    Hărman is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Hărman and Podu Oltului. The commune is located some 10 km east of Braşov, in the Burzenland region of southeastern Transylvania.Hărman was established and long inhabited mainly by Transylvanian Saxons....
    
    
58. Hetiur
    Sighisoara
    Sighişoara is a city and municipality on the Târnava Mare River in Mureş County, Romania. Located in the historic region Transylvania, Sighişoara has a population of 27,706 ....
    
    
59. Homorod
    Homorod, Brasov
    Homorod is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Homorod, Jimbor and Mercheaşa.At the 2002 census, 50.7% of inhabitants were Romanians, 31.2% Hungarians, 16.2% Roma and 1.8% Germans...
    
    
60. Hosman
    Nocrich
    Nocrich is a commune in Sibiu County, Romania, in the region of Transylvania. The commune is situated between Agnita and Sibiu. It is composed of five villages: Fofeldea, Ghijasa de Jos, Hosman, Nocrich and Ţichindeal. Nocrich and Hosman have fortified churches.It is the site of the St...
    
    
61. Iacobeni, Sibiu
    Iacobeni, Sibiu
    -Villages:The commune is composed of five villages: Iacobeni, Movile , Netuş, Noiştat and Stejărişu. Each of them has a fortified church.-Movile:...
    
    
62. Ighișu Nou
    Medias
    Mediaș is the second largest city in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania.-Geographic location:Mediaș is located in the middle basin of Târnava Mare River, at 39 km from Sighișoara and 41 km from Blaj. The health resort Bazna, officially recognized for the first time in 1302, is...
    
    
63. Jimbor, Brașov
    Homorod, Brasov
    Homorod is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Homorod, Jimbor and Mercheaşa.At the 2002 census, 50.7% of inhabitants were Romanians, 31.2% Hungarians, 16.2% Roma and 1.8% Germans...
    
    
64. Laslea
65. Măieruș
66. Mălâncrav
67. Marpod
    Marpod
    Marpod is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Ilimbav and Marpod....
    
    
68. Mediaș
    Medias
    Mediaș is the second largest city in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania.-Geographic location:Mediaș is located in the middle basin of Târnava Mare River, at 39 km from Sighișoara and 41 km from Blaj. The health resort Bazna, officially recognized for the first time in 1302, is...
    
    
69. Mercheașa
    Homorod, Brasov
    Homorod is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Homorod, Jimbor and Mercheaşa.At the 2002 census, 50.7% of inhabitants were Romanians, 31.2% Hungarians, 16.2% Roma and 1.8% Germans...
    
    
70. Merghindeal
    Merghindeal
    Merghindeal is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Dealu Frumos and Merghindeal. Each of these has a fortified church....
    
    
71. Meșendorf
    Bunesti, Brasov
    Buneşti ) is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Buneşti, Criţ, Meşendorf, Roadeş and Viscri . Each of these has a fortified church.-Viscri:...
    
    
72. Metiș, Sibiu
    Mihaileni, Sibiu
    Mihăileni is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Metiş, Mihăileni, Moardăş, Răvăşel and Şalcău. Metiş and Moardăş have fortified churches.-References:...
    
    
73. Micăsasa
    Micasasa
    Micăsasa is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Chesler , Micăsasa, Ţapu and Văleni. Micăsasa and Ţapu villages have fortified churches....
    
    
74. Miercurea Sibiului
    Miercurea Sibiului
    Miercurea Sibiului is a town in the west of Sibiu County, in southern Transylvania, central Romania, 34 km to the west of the county capital Sibiu.-Administration:...
    
    
75. Moardăș
    Mihaileni, Sibiu
    Mihăileni is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Metiş, Mihăileni, Moardăş, Răvăşel and Şalcău. Metiş and Moardăş have fortified churches.-References:...
    
    
76. Moșna
    Mosna, Sibiu
    Moşna is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Alma Vii, Moşna and Nemşa. Moşna and Alma Vii have fortified churches.-References:...
    
    
77. Motiș, Sibiu
    Valea Viilor
    Valea Viilor is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It has a population of 2,034 , and is composed of two villages, Motiş and Valea Viilor. Each of these has a fortified church.- See also :* Transylvanian Saxons...
    
    
78. Movile, Sibiu
    Iacobeni, Sibiu
    -Villages:The commune is composed of five villages: Iacobeni, Movile , Netuş, Noiştat and Stejărişu. Each of them has a fortified church.-Movile:...
    
    
79. Netuș
    Iacobeni, Sibiu
    -Villages:The commune is composed of five villages: Iacobeni, Movile , Netuş, Noiştat and Stejărişu. Each of them has a fortified church.-Movile:...
    
    
80. Nocrich
    Nocrich
    Nocrich is a commune in Sibiu County, Romania, in the region of Transylvania. The commune is situated between Agnita and Sibiu. It is composed of five villages: Fofeldea, Ghijasa de Jos, Hosman, Nocrich and Ţichindeal. Nocrich and Hosman have fortified churches.It is the site of the St...
    
    
81. Noiștat
    Iacobeni, Sibiu
    -Villages:The commune is composed of five villages: Iacobeni, Movile , Netuş, Noiştat and Stejărişu. Each of them has a fortified church.-Movile:...
    
    
82. Ocna Sibiului
    Ocna Sibiului
    Ocna Sibiului is a town in the centre of Sibiu County, in southern Transylvania, central Romania, 10 km to the north-west of the county capital Sibiu. The town administers a single village, Topârcea....
    
    
83. Orăștie
    Orastie
    Orăștie is a city in Hunedoara County, south-western Transylvania, Romania.-History:7th–9th century – on the site of an old swamp , which today is the old center of town, it was a human settlement whose traces have been scattered into the X-th century by the construction of the first...
    
    
84. Pelișor, Sibiu
    Bârghis
    Bârghiş is a commune in the northern part of Sibiu County. It is situated in central Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. The commune is composed of six villages: Apoş, Bârghiş, Ighişu Vechi, Pelişor, Vecerd, and Zlagna...
    
    
85. Prejmer
    Prejmer
    Prejmer is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Lunca Câlnicului, Prejmer and Stupinii Prejmerului. Located 18 km northeast of Braşov, the Olt River passes through the commune.-History:...
    
    
86. Racoș
    Racos, Brasov
    Racoș is a commune in Brașov County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Mateiaș and Racoș. At the 2002 census, 57.3% of inhabitants were Hungarians, 21.8% Romanians and 20.7% Roma. 33.4% were Reformed, 23.3% Romanian Orthodox, 21% Pentecostal, 17.7% Unitarian and 3.6% Roman Catholic....
    
    
87. Râșnov
    Râsnov
    Râşnov is a town in Braşov County, Romania with a population of under 16,000.It is located at about 15 km from the city of Braşov and about the same distance from Bran, on the road that links Wallachia and Transylvania....
    
    
88. Richiș, Sibiu
    Biertan
    Biertan is a commune in central Romania, in the north of the Sibiu County, 80 km north of Sibiu and 15 km east of Mediaş. Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993...
    
    
89. Roadeș
    Buneşti, Braşov
    Buneşti ) is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Buneşti, Criţ, Meşendorf, Roadeş and Viscri . Each of these has a fortified church.-Viscri:...
    
    
90. Rodbav
    Soars
    Şoarş is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bărcuţ, Felmer, Rodbav, Seliştat and Şoarş. Every one of these has a fortified church....
    
    
91. Roșia, Sibiu
    Rosia, Sibiu
    Roşia is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Caşolţ, Cornăţel, Daia, Nou, Nucet and Roşia.-References:...
    
    
92. Rotbav
93. Ruja
    Ruja
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94. Ruși
    Slimnic
    Slimnic is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Albi, Pădureni, Ruşi, Slimnic and Veseud. Slimnic and Ruşi villages have fortified churches. Slimnic village also has a medieval citadel....
    
    
95. Sânpetru
96. Sântimbru
    Sântimbru, Alba
    Sântimbru is a commune located in Alba County, Romania. It has a population of 2,740, and is composed of five villages: Coşlariu, Dumitra, Galtiu, Sântimbru and Totoi.The commune has a Hungarian Reformed church founded by John Hunyadi in 1449.-References:...
    
    
97. Saschiz
    Saschiz
    Saschiz is a commune in Mureş County, Romania. It has a population of 2,048: 88% Romanians, 5% Germans, 4% Hungarians and 3% Roma. It is composed of three villages: Cloaşterf, Mihai Viteazu and Saschiz....
    
    
98. Seliștat
    Soars
    Şoarş is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bărcuţ, Felmer, Rodbav, Seliştat and Şoarş. Every one of these has a fortified church....
    
    
99. Slimnic
    Slimnic
    Slimnic is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Albi, Pădureni, Ruşi, Slimnic and Veseud. Slimnic and Ruşi villages have fortified churches. Slimnic village also has a medieval citadel....
    
    
100. Stejărișu
     Iacobeni, Sibiu
     -Villages:The commune is composed of five villages: Iacobeni, Movile , Netuş, Noiştat and Stejărişu. Each of them has a fortified church.-Movile:...
     
     
101. Șaeș
     Apold
     Apold is a commune in Mureş County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Apold, Daia , Şaeş and Vulcan.-References:...
     
     
102. Șard
     Ighiu
     Ighiu is a commune located in Alba County, Romania. The commune is composed of five villages: Bucerdea Vinoasă, Ighiel, Ighiu, Şard and Ţelna. Şard and Ighiu have a fortified church, the latter being used as a guest house, the Reformed Church of Ighiu....
     
     
103. Șaroș pe Târnave
104. Șeica Mare
     Seica Mare
     Şeica Mare is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Boarta, Buia, Mighindoala, Petiş, Şeica Mare and Ştenea...
     
     
105. Șeica Mică
     Seica Mica
     Şeica Mică is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Soroştin and Şeica Mică.- Tourism :* the fortified church of Şeica Mică* mud volcanos of Soroştin...
     
     
106. Șoala
     Axente Sever, Sibiu
     Axente Sever is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania.The commune is composed of three villages: Agârbiciu , Axente Sever and Șoala...
     
     
107. Șoarș
     Soars
     Şoarş is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bărcuţ, Felmer, Rodbav, Seliştat and Şoarş. Every one of these has a fortified church....
     
     
108. Șomartin
     Bruiu
     Bruiu is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bruiu, Gherdeal and Şomartin. Each of these has a fortified church.-Architecture:...
     
     
109. Șura Mare
     Sura Mare
     Şura Mare is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Hamba and Şura Mare. Both of these have fortified churches....
     
     
110. Șura Mică
     Sura Mica
     Şura Mică is a commune in the northern part of Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Rusciori and Şura Mică.-History:Documented in 1323 as "Parvum Horreum" = Kleine Scheuer.It has a fortified church...
     
     
111. Tălmaciu
     Talmaciu
     Tălmaciu is a town in Sibiu County, in central Romania, 20 km south of the county capital Sibiu. It lies on the east end of the Mărginimea Sibiului area.-Geography:...
     
     
112. Țapu
     Micasasa
     Micăsasa is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Chesler , Micăsasa, Ţapu and Văleni. Micăsasa and Ţapu villages have fortified churches....
     
     
113. Toarcla
114. Ungra
115. Valchid
     Hoghilag
     Hoghilag is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Hoghilag, Prod and Valchid. The fortified church of Prod was demolished in 1902, while the fortified church of Valchid is still in a relatively good shape....
     
     
116. Valea Viilor
     Valea Viilor
     Valea Viilor is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It has a population of 2,034 , and is composed of two villages, Motiş and Valea Viilor. Each of these has a fortified church.- See also :* Transylvanian Saxons...
     
     
117. Velț
118. Veseud
     Chirpar
     Chirpăr is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Chirpăr, Săsăuş, Vărd and Veseud. Chirpăr and Veseud villages have fortified churches.-Architecture:...
     
     
119. Viscri
120. Vulcan, Brașov
     Vulcan, Brasov
     Vulcan is a commune in Braşov County in the centre of Romania, 16 km west of the county capital Braşov. It is composed of two villages, Colonia 1 Mai and Vulcan...
     
     
121. Vulcan, Mureș
     Apold
     Apold is a commune in Mureş County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Apold, Daia , Şaeş and Vulcan.-References:...
     
     
122. Vurpăr, Alba
     Vintu de Jos
     Vinţu de Jos, also known as Vinţ is a commune located in the centre of Alba County, Romania. It is composed of eighteen villages: Câmpu Goblii , Ciocaşu , Crişeni , Dealu Ferului , Gura Cuţului , Haţegana , Inuri , Laz , Mătăcina , Mereteu...
     
     
123. Vurpăr, Sibiu
     Vurpar
     Vurpăr is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Vurpăr. In 2002, it had 2359 inhabitants, of whom 1298 Romanians, 1010 Roma, 50 Germans and 1 other. 2154 inhabitants were Romanian Orthodox, with most of the rest belonging to newer Protestant faiths...
     
     

List of Székely

Székely

The Székelys or Székely , sometimes also referred to as Szeklers , are a subgroup of the Hungarian people living mostly in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, Romania...

 towns and villages

1. Aita Mare
   Aita Mare
   Aita Mare is a commune in Covasna County, Romania composed of two villages:* Aita Mare* Aita Medie / KözépajtaIt formed part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province.-Demographics:...
   
   
2. Arcuș
   Arcus
   Arcus may mean:*Arcus AS, a Norwegian producer of liquor*Arcus cloud, a low, horizontal cloud formation*Arcus Foundation, a foundation that envisions and contributes to a pluralistic world that celebrates diversity and dignity, invests in social justice, and promotes tolerance and compassion*Arcus...
   
   
3. Armășeni
   Ciucsângeorgiu
   Ciucsângeorgiu is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.-Component villages:The commune is composed of nine villages:...
   
   
4. Baraolt
   Baraolt
   Baraolt is a town and administrative district in Covasna County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The town was mentioned for the first time as a settlement in 1224...
   
   
5. Biborțeni
   Baraolt
   Baraolt is a town and administrative district in Covasna County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The town was mentioned for the first time as a settlement in 1224...
   
   
6. Bicfalău
   Ozun
   Ozun is a commune in Covasna County, Romania composed of seven villages:*Bicfalău / Bikfalva*Lisnău / Lisznyó*Lisnău-Vale / Lisznyópatak*Lunca Ozunului / Vesszőstelep*Măgheruş / Sepsimagyarós*Ozun*Sântionlunca / Szentivánlaborfalva-Demographics:...
   
   
7. Calnic
8. Catalina
   Catalina, Covasna
   Catalina is a commune in Covasna County, Romania, composed of five villages:*Catalina*Hătuica / Hatolyka*Imeni / Imecsfalva*Mărcuşa / Kézdimárkosfalva*Mărtineni / Kézdimártonfalva...
   
   
9. Cârța
   Cârta, Harghita
   Cârţa , is a commune in Romania, located in Harghita County. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.The commune is composed of two villages:*Cârţa / Karcfalva*Ineu / Csíkjenőfalva...
   
   
10. Ciucsângeorgiu
    Ciucsângeorgiu
    Ciucsângeorgiu is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.-Component villages:The commune is composed of nine villages:...
    
    
11. Dârjiu
    Dârjiu
    Dârjiu is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.The toponym "Székelyderzs" was first mentioned as "De ers" in a papal list of tithes taken in 1334...
    
    
12. Delnița
    Pauleni-Ciuc
    Păuleni-Ciuc is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is composed of three villages:-Demographics:...
    
    
13. Ghidfalău
    Ghidfalau
    Ghidfalău is a commune in Covasna County, Romania composed of four villages:*Angheluş / Angyalos*Fotoş / Fotosmartonos*Ghidfalău*Zoltan / Érfalvazoltán...
    
    
14. Ilieni
    Ilieni
    Ilieni is a commune located in Covasna County, south-eastern Transylvania, 7 km south of the county seat Sfântu Gheorghe.The commune is composed of three villages:...
    
    
15. Lăzarea
    Lazarea
    Lăzarea is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is composed of two villages:* Ghiduţ / Güdüc* Lăzarea / Gyergyószárhegy...
    
    
16. Leliceni
    Leliceni
    Leliceni is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.- Component villages :The commune is composed of four villages:- History :...
    
    
17. Misentea
18. Racu
    Racu
    Racu is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.- Component villages :The commune is composed of two villages:- History :...
    
    
19. Sânzieni
    Sânzieni
    Sânzieni is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania composed of four villages:*Caşinu Mic / Kiskászon*Petriceni / Kézdikővár*Sânzieni*Valea Seacă / Kézdiszárazpatak- History :...
    
    
20. Sfântu Gheorghe
    Sfântu Gheorghe
    Sfântu Gheorghe is the capital city of Covasna County, Romania. Located in the central part of the country and in the historical region of Transylvania, it lies on the Olt River in a valley between the Baraolt Mountains and Bodoc Mountains...
    
    
21. Turia
    Turia, Covasna
    Turia is a commune in Covasna County, Romania composed of two villages:*Alungeni / Futásfalva*Turia- History :It formed part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. Until 1918, the village belonged to the Háromszék County of the Kingdom of Hungary...
    
    
22. Zăbala
    Zabala
    Zabala may refer to:*Zabala , a city of ancient Mesopotamia*Zabala , a neighborhood in the Ibaiondo district of Bilbao, Spain*Zăbala, a commune in Covasna County, Romania*Zabala fruit...
    
    

See also

• Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania
• List of castles in Romania

External links

Fortified churches from Transylvania