List of fortified churches in Transylvania

Fortified church of Axente Sever

Fortified church of Cristian, Sibiu County

Fortified church of Copșa Mare

Fortified church of Hărman

Hosman and its fortified church

Fortified church of Iacobeni

The following is a list of fortified churches in Transylvania. Southeastern Transylvania in Romania has one of the highest numbers of still-existing fortified churches, which were built during the 13th to 16th centuries, a period during which Transylvania was part of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire was rising.^[1] More than 150 villages in the area count various types of fortified churches, seven of them being included in the UNESCO World Heritage under the name of Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania.

List of Saxon towns and villages

The following is a list of Transylvanian Saxon towns and villages with a fortified church.^[2]

1. Agârbiciu
2. Agnita
3. Alma Vii
4. Alțâna
5. Amnaş
6. Apold
7. Archita
8. Ațel
9. Avrig
10. Axente Sever
11. Băgaciu
12. Bărcuț
13. Bazna
14. Beia
15. Biertan
16. Bod
17. Boian
18. Bradu
19. Brateiu
20. Brădeni
21. Bruiu
22. Bunești
23. Buzd
24. Câlnic
25. Cața
26. Cenade
27. Chirpăr
28. Cincșor
29. Cincu
30. Cisnădie (end of the 12th century)
31. Cisnădioara (2nd half of the 12th century)
32. Cloașterf
33. Codlea
34. Copșa Mare
35. Cricău
36. Cristian
37. Cristian (13th-15th centuries)
38. Criț
39. Curciu
40. Dacia
41. Daia, Mureș
42. Daia, Sibiu
43. Daneș
44. Dârlos
45. Dealu Frumos
46. Dobârca
47. Drăușeni
48. Dupuș
49. Feldioara
50. Felmer
51. Fișer
52. Gherdeal
53. Ghimbav
54. Gușterița (now a district of Sibiu, 13th-15th centuries)
55. Hamba (16th century)
56. Hălchiu, Brașov
57. Hărman
58. Hetiur
59. Homorod
60. Hosman
61. Iacobeni, Sibiu
62. Ighișu Nou
63. Jimbor, Brașov
64. Laslea
65. Măieruș
66. Mălâncrav
67. Marpod
68. Mediaș
69. Mercheașa
70. Merghindeal
71. Meșendorf
72. Metiș, Sibiu
73. Micăsasa
74. Miercurea Sibiului
75. Moardăș
76. Moșna
77. Motiș, Sibiu
78. Movile, Sibiu
79. Netuș
80. Nocrich
81. Noiștat
82. Ocna Sibiului
83. Orăștie (around 1400)
84. Pelișor, Sibiu
85. Prejmer
86. Racoș
87. Râșnov
88. Richiș, Sibiu
89. Roadeș
90. Rodbav
91. Roșia, Sibiu
92. Rotbav
93. Ruja
94. Ruși
95. Sânpetru
96. Sântimbru
97. Saschiz
98. Seliștat
99. Slimnic
100. Stejărișu
101. Șaeș
102. Șard
103. Șaroș pe Târnave
104. Șeica Mare
105. Șeica Mică
106. Șelimbăr (13th century)
107. Șoala
108. Șoarș
109. Șomartin
110. Șura Mare (13th century)
111. Șura Mică (13th century)
112. Tălmaciu
113. Țapu
114. Toarcla
115. Turnișor (now a district of Sibiu, 12th-20th centuries)
116. Ungra
117. Valchid
118. Valea Viilor
119. Velț
120. Veseud
121. Viscri
122. Vulcan, Brașov
123. Vulcan, Mureș
124. Vurpăr, Alba
125. Vurpăr, Sibiu

List of Székely towns and villages

The following is a list of Székely towns and villages with a fortified church.

1. Aita Mare
2. Arcuș
3. Armășeni
4. Baraolt
5. Biborțeni
6. Bodoc
7. Bicfalău
8. Calnic
9. Catalina
10. Cârța
11. Ciucsângeorgiu
12. Dârjiu
13. Delnița
14. Ghidfalău
15. Ilieni
16. Lăzarea
17. Leliceni
18. Misentea
19. Racu
20. Sânzieni
21. Sfântu Gheorghe
22. Turia
23. Zăbala

Additional examples

• 
  Fortified church of Rotbav
• 
  Fortified church of Prejmer
• 
  Fortified church of Șeica Mică
• 
  Fortified church of Ţapu
• 
  Fortified church of Valea Viilor
• 
  Fortified church of Aita Mare
• 
  Fortified church of Cârța
• 
  Fortified church of Delnița
• 
  Fortified church of Moșna
• 
  Fortified church of Viscri

See also

• List of castles in Romania

References

1. Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania. UNESCO World Heritage Centre 1992-2010
2. Fabini, Hermann (2015). The Church-fortresses of the Transylvanan Saxons. Sibiu: MonuMenta. ISBN 978-973-7969-19-4.

External links

• (English) (German) (Romanian) (Hungarian) Fortified churches from Transylvania