Romania · 13th century
The Viscri fortified church (Romanian: Biserica fortificată din Viscri; German: Kirchenburg von Deutsch-Weisskirch) is a Lutheran fortified church in Viscri (Deutsch-Weisskirch), Brașov 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. Initially 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.
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Viscri fortified church ranks #2,734 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #31 of the 125 mapped in Romania. Founded c. 1201, it is older than 75% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1090 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,414 times in the last 60 days, more than 74% of the atlas. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Brașov, 60 km away. It is one of the 78 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Transylvania. See how Romania compares in the castle statistics.
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