Romania · 14th century
The Peasant Fortress of Saschiz was a fortress built by the Transylvanian Saxons beginning in 1347, 4 kilometres north of the village of Saschiz, on a hill called Burchreech (Fortress Hill) in the Saxon dialect, which served as a refuge for the locals in the event of invasions, but at the same time also for storing food, since it provided a suitable temperature regime.
Machine-translated from “Cetatea Țărănească din Saschiz” on the Romanian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saschiz fortress ranks #5,570 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #53 of the 126 mapped in Romania. Founded 1347, it is older than 58% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,471 times in the last 60 days, more than 61% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Târgu Mureș, 49 km away. It is one of the 79 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Transylvania. See how Romania compares in the castle statistics.
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