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Also known as Keisd, Gemeinde Keisd, Szászkézd, Szászkézd község

Saschiz (; , Hungarian pronunciation: ; Transylvanian Saxon: Keist) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cloașterf (Klosdorf; Miklóstelke), Mihai Viteazu (Zoltan until 1932; Zoltendorf; Zoltán), and Saschiz.

Key facts

Romanian subdivision.type
commune
Romanian subdivision.county
Mureș
Romanian subdivision.official_name
Saschiz
Romanian subdivision.image_shield
ROU MS Saschiz CoA.png
Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
Biserica fortificată din Saschiz vazuta de la Cetatea Taraneasca 3.jpg
Romanian subdivision.image_caption
The fortified church seen from the peasant citadel
Romanian subdivision.image_map
Saschiz jud Mures.png
Romanian subdivision.map_caption
Location in Mureș County
Romanian subdivision.leader_name
Ovidiu Șoaita
Romanian subdivision.leader_party
PNL
Romanian subdivision.term
2020–2024
Romanian subdivision.elevation
410
Romanian subdivision.area_total
98.21
Romanian subdivision.population_total
auto
Romanian subdivision.postal_code
547510
Romanian subdivision.area_code
(+40) 0265

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Official website

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Natives
  • See also
  • References

Saschiz (; , Hungarian pronunciation: ; Transylvanian Saxon: Keist) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cloașterf (Klosdorf; Miklóstelke), Mihai Viteazu (Zoltan until 1932; Zoltendorf; Zoltán), 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saschiz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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