Biertan
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Biertan (; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: Birthälm/Bierthalmen/Bierthalm; ) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. The commune is composed of three villages: Biertan, Copșa Mare (; ), and Richiș (; ), each of which has a fortified church.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- commune
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Sibiu
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Biertan
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Biserica fortificată din Biertan in zorii zilei 02.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- Biertan fortified church
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Biertan jud Sibiu.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Sibiu County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Mircea Dragomir
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PNL
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2020–2024
- Romanian subdivision.established_date
- 1224 (first official record)
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 388
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 97.26
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 557045
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- (+40) 0269
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Romania
- Official name
- Biertan
- Country
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Located in
- Sibiu County
- Capital
- Biertan
- Population
- 2239
- Area
- 97.260000
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.comunabiertan.ro
- Image
- Com. Biertan - vedere generala.JPG
Show 9 more facts
- contains settlement
- Richiș
- postal code
- 557045
- native label
- Biertan
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- phone number
- +40-269868359
- street address
- Strada 1 Decembrie 1918.Nr.19,Județul Sibiu,557045
- population by native language
- 19
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- historical region
- Transylvania
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Festivals
- Natives
- Demographics
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Biertan (; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: Birthälm/Bierthalmen/Bierthalm; ) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. The commune is composed of three villages: Biertan, Copșa Mare (; ), and Richiș (; ), each of which has a fortified church.
Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. The Biertan fortified church was the seat of the Evangelical Lutheran Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Biertan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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