The Evangelical Fortified Church in Ghimbav

În NE–ul unei piaţete, pe strada principală a satului, se ridică cetatea bisericească. De la bazilica cu hramul Sfântului Petru, realizată la începutul sec. 14. se păstrează doar 2 chei de boltă, astăzi, înzidite în masa altarului, care reprezintă un „Agnus Dei” şi Sfântul Petru . Biserica medievală a fost demolată în 1794 şi în 1797 a fost terminată noua biserică care are corul orientat spre vest şi este o biserică hală cu 3 nave. Patru perechi de piloni cu secţiune octogonală cu capiteluri ionice legate prin arce” mâner de coş” suportă un tavan drept. În navele laterale sunt balcoane. Corul are înspre vest o absidă semicirculară. Biserica este în conjurară de 2 respectiv trei incinte. Zidul interior, de 8m înălţime, are un plan oval iar spre est două segmente de linie dreaptă la a căror intersecţie este un turn cu plan pentagonal din anul 1676. Zidul de incintă este prevăzut cu fante de tragere şi guri de păcură. Biserica a trecut printr-un proces de reabilitare în perioada 4 februarie 2020 - 17 noiembrie 2023, datorită implementării unui proiect finanțat prin Programul Operațional Regional 2014-2020. Lucrările au inclus reabilitarea fundațiilor, curățarea și refacerea rosturilor, refacerea legăturilor elementelor dislocate, eliminarea drenului perimetral, precum și conservarea diafragmelor portante și a bolții de la capelă. De asemenea, s-au efectuat consolidări la planșeele bisericii, completări la turnuri și reabilitarea scărilor, toate contribuind la îmbunătățirea rezistenței, stabilității, siguranței în exploatare și durabilității ansamblului. Astfel, Biserica Evanghelică Fortificată din Sânpetru renaște în toată splendoarea sa istorică, pregătită să ofere o experiență autentică vizitatorilor interesați de patrimoniul cultural și arhitectural al regiunii. Sursă text: https://www.agramonia.com/

Capela construită în a doua jumătate a sec. al XIII-lea in Cincșor a fost punctul de plecare pentru ridicarea actualei biserici finalizate în 1421. Edificiul a fost fortificat pas cu pas in sec. XV- XVI, după cum mărturisesc structurile de tip “fachwerk”. Corul a fost sprijinit cu contraforți și prevăzut cu drum de strajă, sistem construit și la clopotniță. Sătenii au ridicat în jurul bisericii un zid de incintă cu patru turnuri de apărare și un șanț cu apă la exterior. Au folosit în acest scop inclusiv pietre provenite din ruinele unei tabere militare romane care se aflase pe un deal în apropiere. Ansamblul şi-a păstrat până astăzi imaginea medievală: între ziduri şi turnurile de apărare timpul pare că a stat pe loc. *Pentru vizitatori individuali: cheile sunt la d-na Iuliana Cseh, tel. +40756584739 *Grupurile de vizitatori sunt rugate să se anunțe în prealabil la d-na Carmen Schuster, tel: +40744373090 *sursă text & foto *sursă text & foto 

Ghimbav Aeroclub "Mircea Zorileanu" - is part of the Romanian Aeroclub. Flight and parachuting courses are also organized there, with the air-club owning two large-capacity airplanes and several small planes and gliders.In the aeroclub there are experienced pilots and qualified instructors to provide quality services. Flight licenses for both parachuting and piloting can be obtained.

The church, built in the shape of a rectangle, was erected at the end of the eighteenth century, in 1780, with the work of the parishioners in the village, and with the contribution of the merchant Ioan Boghici in Braşov, bookseller and editor of books. The church tower measuring 15 meters was completed in 1830. On the inside walls of the church were preserved original mural paintings. 6 June 1773 - Emperor Joseph II of Austria, first arrived in Brașov and overnight at Ghimbav in a house near the Fortified Fortress. At the request of a Romanian delegation, he approved the construction of the Orthodox church in Ghimbav.

With stunning architecture and gilded turrets, the church can be seen from far away as a jewel of the Land of Bârsa. By the side of the icons painted and the iconostasis, there are several icons embroidered in silk thread by the nuns who work in the cave where the Apostle Peter lived. Beside the altar were holy sacraments brought from Jerusalem, belonging to the infants killed by Herod in the year of the birth of Jesus.

The evangelic church and the ruins of the Teutonic Knights’ fortress, separated only by a ditch, are the pride of Feldioara. The 13th century Romanesque basilica with three aisles and a later added bell tower shows an interesting particularity, a vaulted gallery at the second level of the tower dedicated to the founder of the church. During the 18th century the tower is provided with a roof, constructed after the model of the Black Church in Braşov. The interior of the church is covered with crossed vaults, which in the chancel are supported by half-column piers. Their capitals are decorated with vegetal, anthropomorphic and biblical motifs. From the pre-reformation altar only few parts were preserved and moved later to the Black Church. From the curtain wall only some remains still exist, while the boulder walls of the nearby Teutonic fortress still stand. The latter’s defence walls were 4 m thick and enforced with four towers. The remains of a chapel within the enclosure can still be seen today. Contact: The keys are with Mr. Gheorghe Taus phone: 0040727188557 Adress: Octavian Goga str., no. 90 Text source: http://kirchenburgen.org/

The fortification in Roadeş consists of the former aisle-less hall church with polygonal chancel and bell tower built in the 14th century. The church was fortified in the 15th century and the tower was surrounded by a massive wall, which enclosed the former open entrance atrium. The chancel and the nave were provided with defence levels on buttresses and loopholes. Sideways a two-level sacristy was built and the tower was heightened by five levels and a defensive platform. Most of the defensive systems of the chancel, nave and the tower were demolished in the 19th century. The church was surrounded by a curtain wall with outer bailey and five defensive towers. Only three of them still stand today. The interior features a late Gothic chancel vault, a partially two-level gallery painted with images of the Roadeş church in its Baroque phase, before the demolition of its defence levels, as well as the 1838 organ. The valuable winged altar from 1533 has been moved to the Saint John’s Church in Sibiu. In February, 2016 it came to a partial collapse of the tower. Contact: The keys are with Mr. Gerhard Hietsch. phone: 0040741959588 address: Roadeș, no. 63 Text and photo sources: http://kirchenburgen.org/; http://www.rupeaturistica.ro/

The fortified church of Bunești was built with marine sedimentary rocks as one can see from the fossils in the masonry. Residential houses of the same period were built with timber. When the village was under attack, the inhabitants took refuge from the looters and arsonists inside the fireproof fortifications. The 13th century late Romanesque pillar basilica was early prepared for battle by demolition of the side naves and fortification of the central nave and the tower by adding defence levels. The chancel was heightened in 1500 by adding a defence level with machicolations. The 1847 added tower marks the present image of the church. The interior impresses with its tall and narrow proportions, underlined by the two-story balcony on the northern side, erected between 1680 and 1775. The railings were painted by the Roessler family, grandfather and grandson. The fortification wall, originating in the 14th century was strengthen by four towers and had grain storage rooms on the inside. Contact: fam. Wagner, phone: 0040268248702, Bunești no. 14 Text and photo source: http://kirchenburgen.org/

The evangelical church in Meșendorf has a coherent aspect, with proportional choir and nave, both vaulted and supported on the outside by equal buttresses. A buttress on the northern side of the choir nevertheless indicates the location of the old sacristy. During the last modifications of the church, making it fit for defense against Turkish attacks and civil wars, both components of the church were super-elevated, but on the upper part the defense solution of choice consisted of a wooden wall corridor supported by corbels. During the same time the inner vaulting systems were abandoned. Some of their elements were surprisingly preserved: several ogee crosses depicting God’s Right Hand (Dextra Domini) and a Marian rosette, initially used in the eastern end of the ogee network. The opening of the old windows was preserved, unlike the original decoration. Inside, one still finds a tabernacle with preserved ironwork, though it is not necessarily medieval in origin. The tribune’s panels are of great value since in 1765 Georg Rosenauer painted them with naive landscapes that include building complexes. The fortification is also based on the church’s bell tower whose height dominates the entire complex. Contact: Mrs. Doina Scoica phone: 0040740903744 address: Meșendorf, no. 102 Text and photo source: http://www.rupeaturistica.ro/