Valea Viilor Fortified Church | |
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Biserica fortificată din Valea Viilor | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Lutheran |
Location | |
Location | Valea Viilor, Romania |
Geographic coordinates | 46°05′00″N 24°16′37″E / 46.083200°N 24.277055°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Fortified church |
Style | Romanesque |
Groundbreaking | 14th century |
Completed | 16th century |
Official name: Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania | |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | iv |
Designated | 1993 (17th session) 1999 (23rd session – Extension) |
Reference no. | 596 |
State Party | Romania |
Region | Europe and North America |
Official name: Historic monuments in Sibiu County | |
Type | architectural |
Reference no. | LMI Code: SB-II-a-A-12582 (RAN Code: 145970.01) |
The Valea Viilor fortified church (Romanian: Biserica fortificată din Valea Viilor; German: Kirchenburg von Wurmloch) is a Lutheran fortified church in Valea Viilor (Wurmloch), Sibiu County, in the Transylvania region of Romania. It was built by the ethnic German Transylvanian Saxon community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary. 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.