Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania

Transylvania is the land of Dracula and is also where these fortified churches can be found.

There are more than 150 well preserved fortified churches in Transylvania but only the churches in 7 villages are in the UNESCO list

Fortified Churches in Transylvania

Of the 8 churches shown in this postcard only 3 are part of this site

These Transylvanian villages with their fortified churches provide a vivid picture of the cultural landscape of southern Transylvania. The seven villages inscribed, founded by the Transylvanian Saxons, are characterized by a specific land-use system, settlement pattern and organization of the family farmstead that have been preserved since the late Middle Ages. They are dominated by their fortified churches, which illustrate building styles from the 13th to the 16th century. - in: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/596/

Biertan Fortified Church

This postcard was sent by Daniela

The Biertan fortified church (Romanian: Biserica fortificată din Biertan) is a Lutheran fortified church in Biertan (Birthälm), 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. 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. - in: wikipedia

The 7 villages (in red what I already have):

• Village of Biertan, Sibiu
• Village of Prejmer-Tartlau, Braşov
• Village of Viscri, Braşov,
• Village of Dârjiu, Harghita
• Village of Saschiz-Keisd, Mureş
• Village of Câlnic,  Alba
• Village of Valea Viilor, Sibiu