• Source: Saschiz

Saschiz (German: Keisd or Hünenburg; Hungarian: Szászkézd, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈsaːskeːzd]; Transylvanian Saxon: Keist) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cloașterf, Mihai Viteazu (Zoltan until 1932), and Saschiz.
Saschiz, with its 15th-century church, has been the home of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, since its designation in 1999. The route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail passes through both Saschiz and Cloașterf.




Names


Like many locations in Transylvania, the component villages have names in the languages spoke historically in the area:




Demographics


It has a population of 2,048: 88 percent Romanians, 5 percent Germans (more specifically Transylvanian Saxons), 4 percent Hungarians, and 3 percent Roma.




Natives


Ion Dacian (1911–1981), light opera singer
Dan-Alexandru Voiculescu (1940–2009), composer




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See also


Transylvanian Saxons
Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania




References

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• Gereja benteng
• Provinsi Mureş
• Saschiz
• Saschiz fortified church
• Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania
• Scroafa
• Mureș County
• Zoltán
• Gothic architecture
• List of castles and fortresses in Romania
• Germans of Romania
• Transylvanian Saxons