| Tapu / Abtsdorf |

The architectonic details of a certain church may usually be related to the economic and social status of the community it served when built. The same goes for the church of Tapu. The settlement used to be a subordinated commune in the 15th century, but evolved to be a free commune after the serf system was abolished in 1848. Because, during the 13th century, it was a property of the abbey of Igris, it was then called Villa Abbatis ("the Village of the Abbot").

| Toarcla/Tarteln |

Toarcla or Tôrteln in the Saxon dialect, known before as Preșmer, is a village that was mentioned for the first time in 1329. Initially it was a free commune of the royal land and was later included in the Seat of Cincu. The church devoted to Saint Catherine was built as a Romanesque basilica, with a belfry on the west side, a choir and...

| Ungra/Galt |

Jakob started writing the first initial of the chronicle that would gather in one place all the people and their deeds from the organized settlement of Galt. And he wasn’t planning on writing daily only about the life of the village, but also about other communities formed in a foreign land, about their church, about their celebrations which would be held just as back home, about...

| Valchid / Waldhuetten |

The little settlement in the Tarnave valley that is the site of Valchid was first mentioned in 1345. The episode is a rather dishonourable one as some peasants from Valchid were questioned on the account of having robbed the Saxon greavi of Cincu, Roandola and Noul Sasesc. The settlement is later mentioned in 1390, when Pope Bonifacius IX gave the church of Saint Andrew, located in the same area, a papal indulgence. At the time Valchid was named Waldhuetten, which means "forest cottages".

| Valea Viilor / Wurmloch |

Surprisingly, the villagers of Valea Viilor excelled at making wine, giving rise to the Romanian name meaning "Vineyard Valley".

| Velt / Woelz |

"We, Dominic prepositus of Zips […] and Petru son of Stefan of Darw […] the count and knight of the Queen’s Court bring word and bear witness […] that while in Medias, of the Saxons of this borough of Medias came forth the wise man Nicolae, head of the parish, and Ioan the judge of Bazna and complained against the Saxon folk of Velt […] who restlessly cut down the forest which lies at the border of the previously named village of Bazna, next to the lands of Boian, which are under the rule of Cetatea de Balta, and the land of Prostea Mare of the prepositus of Sibiu […]".

| Veseud / Zied |

The name of the settlement comes from vesszö, the Hungarian word for "rod" or "stalk", and first appeared in 1308 as Wassid. Veseud lies 13km from Seica Mare, with the church and its surrounding fortification works set on high ground next to the road.

| Viscri / Deutschweisskirch |

Located on an unsurfaced side road away from the national road that links Brasov and Sighisoara, the village of Viscri is home to one of the most spectacular fortified churches of Transylvania. That explains the fact that this church is one of the six included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

| Vulcan(Brasov)/Wolkendorf |

Aggressive and often immoral, Gabriel Báthory hated the peace and quiet. He didn’t get along with the Transylvanian nobleman, nor with the princes from the south or east of the Carpathians, a fact which caused the anger of the Porte. His attempts to conquer Brașov and the surroundings caused only death, blood and fire. He devastated Rodbav, and in Vulcan...

| Vurpar/Burgberg |

The name of Burgberg (Dealul Cetății), associated with the village of Vurpăr, was mentioned for the first time in a document from 1248, ...