Fortress
Saschiz fortress
🇷🇴 Romania
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 #4,954 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #41 of the 115 mapped in Romania. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,471 times in the last 60 days, more than 58% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Târgu Mureș, 49 km away. It is one of the 75 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Transylvania. See how Romania compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Saschiz fortress?
Saschiz fortress stands in Romania, at 46.19657°, 24.95207°.
How famous is Saschiz fortress?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #4,954 of 7,738 worldwide, and #41 in Romania. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Saschiz fortress?
Bethlen Castle (Criș), about 21 km away.
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