Birthälm · Berethalom
Biertan
- Distance
- 80 km from Sibiu
- Driving time
- 1 h 15 min
- Best time
- April–October; church in winter by appointment
Biertan was for three centuries the seat of the Lutheran bishops of Transylvania and has the strongest fortified church in the country: three rings of walls, seven towers, on a hill above the village square. The late Gothic church was completed in 1522; the altarpiece has 28 panels, the sacristy door a lock with 19 bolts, shown at the 1900 Paris World Fair.
In the small tower, the so-called matrimonial prison, quarrelling couples were to spend two weeks together. UNESCO World Heritage since 1993.
Day trip with Sighișoara and Mălâncrav.
- Fortified church with three rings of walls, UNESCO World Heritage
- Sacristy door with 19 bolts (1515)
- Seat of the Lutheran bishops 1572–1867
- The "matrimonial prison"