Conrad Rudolf Haas was a Transylvanian Saxon engineer of Austrian origin (born in Dornbach, near Vienna, Austria) who lived in the town of Hermannstadt/H쎤rmeschtat (Romanian: Sibiu) from the Principality of Transylvania at some point in the Late Middle Ages/Renaissance period. Prior to his arrival in Transylvania, present-day Romania, Conrad Haas was in charge of the…

(Die) Repser Burg or Reps (also known in the Transylvanian Saxon dialect as R쎤ppes, in Romanian as Rupea, and in Hungarian as K양halom) is a Transylvanian Saxon citadel located in Bra좙ov county (Kreis Kronstadt as it is known in German/Hochdeutsch), south-eastern Transylvania, Romania. In late Antiquity, on the site on which the citadel was subsequently…

The Transylvanian Saxon fortified church of Birth쎤lm (known in Romanian as Biserica fortificat쒃 din Biertan) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated in Sibiu County, southern Transylvania, central Romania. Along with six other fortified churches (five Saxon ones and a Sz쎩kely one), it is part of UNESCO’s list of ‘Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania‘….

The Transylvanian Saxon fortified church of Wei쎟kirch (Romanian: Biserica foritficat쒃 din Viscri) is one of the most spectacular medieval monuments in Transylvania, with a rich history, a well preserved structure as well as a well deserved UNESCO World Heritage Site status. It is located in Bra좙ov county, south-eastern Transylvania and together with the surrounding village…

Sch쎤쎟burg (Romanian: Sighi좙oara; also known in the Transylvanian Saxon dialect as Sch쎤sbrich or 얠esbur쾇, in Old Hungarian as Segusvar, in Hungarian as Segesv쎡r and in Latin as Saxoburgum or Castrum Sex) is a medieval citadel town located in Mure좙 (German: Mieresch) county from eastern Transylvania, Romania. The well preserved town centre of Sch쎤쎟urg has been…