Prejmer fortified church

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UNESCO World Heritage Site fortified church tourist attraction

Prejmer fortified church is a UNESCO-listed medieval Saxon fortified church in Transylvania, Romania, renowned for its massive defensive walls and well-preserved Gothic architecture.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Saxon fortified churches 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
fortified church ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Transylvanian Saxons NERFINISHED ⓘ
builderEthnicGroup Transylvanian Saxons NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStartApproximateYear around 1218 ⓘ
constructionStartCentury 13th century ⓘ
country Romania ⓘ
denomination Lutheran ⓘ
fortificationsConstructionCentury 15th century ⓘ
fortificationType medieval defensive walls ⓘ
foundedBy Teutonic Knights NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasComponent fortified enclosure ⓘ
parish church ⓘ
residential and storage cells in walls ⓘ
hasFeature bastions ⓘ
chapel ⓘ
defensive towers ⓘ
galleries ⓘ
inner courtyard ⓘ
massive defensive walls ⓘ
ring wall ⓘ
storage rooms in walls ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument of national importance in Romania ⓘ
locatedIn Prejmer NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInCounty Brașov County NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Transylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Brașov NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Europe ⓘ
mainChurchConstructionCentury 13th century ⓘ
notableFor Saxon village fortification ensemble NERFINISHED ⓘ
extensive defensive system ⓘ
one of the best-preserved fortified churches in Transylvania ⓘ
well-preserved Gothic architecture ⓘ
originalReligiousAffiliation Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Evangelical Lutheran Church of Augustan Confession in Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ
shape roughly circular fortification ⓘ
tourismCategory cultural tourism site ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iv) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear 1993 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 596-001 ⓘ
usedFor defense of local Saxon community ⓘ
religious services ⓘ
wallHeight up to about 12 meters ⓘ
wallThickness up to about 3–4 meters ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brașov County → contains → Prejmer fortified church ⓘ
Brașov County → touristDestination → Prejmer fortified church ⓘ
Burzenland → hasFortifiedChurch → Prejmer fortified church ⓘ
Țara Bârsei → knownFor → Prejmer fortified church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saxon fortified churches
Țara Bârsei → hasFortifiedChurch → Prejmer fortified church ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage fortified churches of Transylvanian Saxons → hasPart → Prejmer fortified church ⓘ