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EN The fortified evangelical church from Saschiz, Mureș County, was built in the 13th century.
Saschiz, formerly Saschizd, Chizd (in the Saxon dialect Keist, Kaest, in German Keisd, Kaisd, Keißd, Kaißd, Hünenburg, Hujnerschburg; in Hungarian Szászkézd vára) is a village in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is the residence of Saschiz commune.
On the site of another Romanesque basilica, a large fortified church was built in 1493 in honor of King Stephen I of Hungary. The massive church, built of quarry stone, in Gothic style, is of the hall type, reinforced with 22 buttresses.
The defense tower has a massive appearance and has levels with openings. It was built at a distance of about 10 meters from the sacristy. The last floors are made of brick, the others being made of stone. Its transformation into a bell tower was made with the construction of the clock tower in Sighișoara, in 1677. Shortly after the transformation, a fire took place that destroyed it almost completely. Still going through a fire, the appearance it has today is due to its restoration in 1832. At the window of the upper floor, there is a figurine called Bogdan, which accompanies the beating of the clock.
The Saxon fortification was built between the 14th and 15th centuries, with walls up to 9 m high. The whole ensemble was surrounded by a strong defensive wall, the route of which is followed by the current fence of the church.
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