Valea Viilor fortified church

Valea Viilor Fortified Church
Biserica fortificată din Valea Viilor
Religion
AffiliationLutheran
Location
LocationValea Viilor, Romania
Geographic coordinates46°05′00″N 24°16′37″E / 46.083200°N 24.277055°E / 46.083200; 24.277055
Architecture
TypeFortified church
StyleRomanesque
Groundbreaking14th century
Completed16th century
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: 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.