Biertan

Biertan is a commune in central Romania, within the north of the Sibiu County, 80 km north of Sibiu and 29 km east of Medias. Biertan is one of the maximum vital Saxon villages with fortified church buildings in Transylvania, having been on the listing of UNESCO World Heritage Sites for the reason that 1993.

The Biertan fortified church became the see of the Lutheran Evangelical Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867. The first documentary testimony about the village dates from 1283 in a document approximately the taxes paid by means of the inhabitants of 7 villages and so it's miles believed to have been founded sometime between 1224 and 1283 with the aid of Transylvanian Saxons. The village settlement fast advanced into an critical market town and by 1510 Biertan supported a population of about 5,000 human beings. Between 1468 and the 16th century a small fortified church turned into constructed and advanced. After the medieval length the town declined in significance with the rise of neighbouring Sighisoara, Sibiu and Medias.