Prejmer fortified church

Prejmer Fortified Church
Biserica fortificată din Prejmer
Religion
AffiliationLutheran
Location
LocationPrejmer, Romania
Geographic coordinates45°43′19″N 25°46′24″E / 45.7220793°N 25.7734555°E / 45.7220793; 25.7734555
Architecture
TypeFortified church
StyleRomanesque
Groundbreaking1211
Completed1240
Official name: Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania
TypeCultural
Criteriaiv
Designated1993 (17th session)
1999 (23rd session – Extension)
Reference no.596
State PartyRomania
RegionEurope and North America
Official name: Historic monuments in Sibiu County
Typearchitectural
Reference no.LMI Code: BV-II-a-A-11745 (RAN Code: 41676.12)

The Prejmer fortified church (Romanian: Biserica fortificată din Prejmer; German: Kirchenburg von Tartlau) is a Lutheran fortified church in Prejmer (Tartlau), Brașov County, in the Transylvania region of Romania and the ethnographic area of the Burzenland. The church was founded by the Germanic Teutonic Knights, and then was eventually taken over by the Transylvanian Saxon community. Initially Roman Catholic, it became Lutheran following the Reformation. Together with the surrounding village, the church forms part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.