Viscri fortified church

Viscri fortified church
Biserica fortificată din Viscri
Religion
AffiliationLutheran
Location
LocationViscri, Brașov County, Romania
Geographic coordinates46°03′17″N 25°05′19″E / 46.054712°N 25.088622°E / 46.054712; 25.088622
Architecture
TypeFortified church
StyleRomanesque
Groundbreaking13th century (13th 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 Brașov County
Typearchitectural
Reference no.LMI Code: BV-II-a-A-11843 (RAN Code: 40759.09)

The Viscri fortified church (Romanian: Biserica fortificată din Viscri; German: Kirchenburg von Deutsch-Weisskirch) is a Lutheran fortified church in Viscri (Deutsch-Weisskirch), Brașov 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.