BIERTAN / BIRTHAELM


How to get there

How to get there
Coming from Sighisoara, you have to follow the road to Medias (DN 14). After about 18 km the road will pass through the village Saros. In this village you’ll see the road sign pointing you to Biertan. There you’ll have to make a left on a secondary road (the scenery on this one is spectacular!) and drive straight for another 8 km until you reach Biertan village.
Coming from Sibiu you follow the same road DN 14 in direction to Sighisoara and after approx 74 km you’ll reach the village Saros and  you’ll have to make a right for Biertan. (see the directions above)
Coming from Sibiu there is also another way to reach Biertan on a not so well-known and traveled but very scenic road along the valey of  Hartibaciu river: you take the road to Agnita until you reach Birghis village; there you take the road to Medias and after 12 km, when passing a forest, you’ll make a right on a secondary road towards Richis (this intersection is not signed, but it’s the only secondary road). This road is not paved for about 1 km but it leads you very easy and smothly into Richis and, after a blink of an eye, in Biertan.

The coordinates for the fortified church (GPS):   N46  08.120    E24  31.278 
Altitude: 390 m


Biertan

You can also reach Biertan by bus. The busses leave from the bus station in Medias (Unirii Str. No. 11) (only on workdays). Take the bus with the destination Richis. Departures: 7.30; 12.10; 15.40; 19.30; 23.30.


The People you have to meet
You  definitely have to meet the most enthusiastic, well-documented and full of stories guides in Transylvania: Cristian Sencovici and Cristha Richter. If they are not out with a group, you will find them at the guesthouse DORNRÖSCHEN. They are very welcoming and always happy to meet travellers. So this is a MUST for those who would like to know more about  Transylvania or for those who simply like a good story!  


Local products
If you made it to Biertan, you don’t have to miss: the tastefull cookies from the DORNRÖSCHEN guesthause, the wine from the village seller, and the cook’s speciality: “Tochitura Viteazului” (the Brave’s Tochitura) at Unglerus Restaurant.

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Copsa Mare / Grosskopisch
Copsa Mare / Grosskopisch
A free commune of the old Fundus Regius, Copsa Mare used to have some of the most vast and famous vineyards of the region, "The Wine Country". Two churches are mentioned as being used in this town. In the early 14th century, the holy service was recorded as being held in a three-nave gothic basilica; a 1283 document introduces the hypothesis of an earlier church.

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Over 400 images revealing 44 saxon villages from Transylvania and their Fortified Churches, historical facts and architectural information, 19 local legends, an interactive map of the site, explicit hand-made drawings on how were the churches made, a see-through section ; all this toghether with a large, easy-to-use dictionary which will accurately explain all the specific or not so well-known terms you will come upon. Available in 5 languages: Romanian, German, English, Hungarian, French


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