Peasant Fortified Church at Prejmer
Peasant Fortified Church at Prejmer
Peasant Fortified Church at Prejmer
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Thomas G
Amsterdam, The Netherlands1,876 contributions
Mar 2022
The Fortified church of Prejmer is definitely worth visiting (easy to reach from Brasov) for a small hour. The church is nice and the forts as well. I recommend on walking around the whole fortified church as well. It is good to combine with Harmann fortified church (but if you chose one of the two I would recommend to go to Harmann).
Written 16 April 2022
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Andy F
Devizes, UK1,312 contributions
May 2024 • Friends
Located a few miles outside Brasov, this place is definitely worth a visit. Apart from its interesting history (which it shares with several other Saxon fortified churches in the region), it's fascinating to look at. Apart from the church itself, containing remains of a frescoe and many old carpets, there's a small folklore museum and a couple of very good small shops inside the buildings within the fortified walls. You can see the over 100 storage rooms, numbered for the local families who owned them. Highly recommended.
Written 13 May 2024
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T-SGlobetrotters
Preston, UK3,806 contributions
Oct 2022
Prejmer has one of the most comprehensively fortified and perhaps the most spectacular of all the region’s churches – now on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Access is via an automated ticket machine which accepts cards. This sets the theme for the site, it is actually quite impersonal with no one around other than someone in the obligatory gift shop. There are some information boards around in site in English so you do get a good flavour of the history.
There are lots of nooks and crannies to wander around as you explore the four tiers of storerooms built into the wall of the compound. This 15th century construction is amazing. You can walk 360 degrees around the top of the fortified wall and explore a number of rooms open to the public although access in some areas is quite difficult with tight spaces and steep steps. Despite its bulk on the outside, it is remarkably compact inside the walls. This is a must do attraction in Romania. The site is larger than nearby Harman although the featured storerooms and classroom are less detailed than Harman and not quite as well maintained. Both attractions should be visited as they are unique in their different ways.
There is free car parking nearby.
There are lots of nooks and crannies to wander around as you explore the four tiers of storerooms built into the wall of the compound. This 15th century construction is amazing. You can walk 360 degrees around the top of the fortified wall and explore a number of rooms open to the public although access in some areas is quite difficult with tight spaces and steep steps. Despite its bulk on the outside, it is remarkably compact inside the walls. This is a must do attraction in Romania. The site is larger than nearby Harman although the featured storerooms and classroom are less detailed than Harman and not quite as well maintained. Both attractions should be visited as they are unique in their different ways.
There is free car parking nearby.
Written 24 October 2022
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Hyoga83
Bordeaux, France703 contributions
Sept 2021
One of its kind, a beautiful and a bit different than most of the other fortified churches I visited (except of Harman, also great and quite similar).
Very "full" visit as it includes all their day to day areas, the "ramparts" you can walk around, the storage rooms of each family, the church...
A nice place to visit while in Brasov!
Very "full" visit as it includes all their day to day areas, the "ramparts" you can walk around, the storage rooms of each family, the church...
A nice place to visit while in Brasov!
Written 5 October 2021
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Anne S
Leeds, UK571 contributions
Aug 2022
Came here as part of a group tour. I'm not sure any of us were looking forward to another fortified church but this one is so different. It's the first time we have seen anything like this. It's amazing it's survived all these centuries. The best bits are the 270+ rooms which could accommodate the Saxon villagers. You can walk along all the levels and see the rooms as they would have been. Fascinating.
Written 21 August 2022
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Nigam
Catania, Italy1,182 contributions
Aug 2023 • Family
Unfortunately, a car is essential to get there. Behind thick walls there is a church with a real village/residence around it. Never seen anything like it. Total freedom to travel in areas that would be off limits everywhere. Get lost
Written 10 August 2023
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Tiberiu_Baranyi
Timisoara, Romania17,365 contributions
Jul 2022
A UNESCO world heritage site - what can I say I expected more ... but it is not always as you expect it.
I was expecting a bit of guiding - at Harman we received a detailed explanation - printed and you could read about what you see, at Cristian the custodian walked us through the fortified church giving us an insight and lot of interesting details - here , you pay the ticket and you are sent of ... so for a full experience first things first sign up for a guided tour - or you walk around with your cellphone in hand having the description of the place opened so you read about what you see.
Pity ... there much more to it than what you see here and there on the - very few - information plates that are to be found there.
Still, the fortification is very well preserved, the church in the courtyard is in gothic style - lovely work of architecture, inside you shall find the oldest triptych in whole Romania - dated around the mid 1400 ... so there things to be seen - from the first courtyard you can get directly to the museum that displays household items from the Saxon ways of life ... very interesting.
Definitely a must see place - but if you can , see it on a guided tour - otherwise if you need to choose than choose Harman, or other churches where you can get a more complete experience ... or it was just me who expected more? ... go and see judge for yourself.
I was expecting a bit of guiding - at Harman we received a detailed explanation - printed and you could read about what you see, at Cristian the custodian walked us through the fortified church giving us an insight and lot of interesting details - here , you pay the ticket and you are sent of ... so for a full experience first things first sign up for a guided tour - or you walk around with your cellphone in hand having the description of the place opened so you read about what you see.
Pity ... there much more to it than what you see here and there on the - very few - information plates that are to be found there.
Still, the fortification is very well preserved, the church in the courtyard is in gothic style - lovely work of architecture, inside you shall find the oldest triptych in whole Romania - dated around the mid 1400 ... so there things to be seen - from the first courtyard you can get directly to the museum that displays household items from the Saxon ways of life ... very interesting.
Definitely a must see place - but if you can , see it on a guided tour - otherwise if you need to choose than choose Harman, or other churches where you can get a more complete experience ... or it was just me who expected more? ... go and see judge for yourself.
Written 15 August 2022
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PatMurff
Ballymoney, UK633 contributions
Feb 2018 • Solo
Prejmer fortified church is one of the most amazing places I have had the pleasure to visit during my recent trip to Romania. It's a proper bona fide fortified building with portcullis in place at the entrance and all the other accoutrements of the regularly attacked building!
There is a sort of long turning corridor running along the top of the battlements and you can walk the entire way around the building. It is dark and fabulously atmospheric. You can stand looking out through the arrow slits and imagine what it must have been like to be besieged here. Wooden stairs bring you up and they creak and groan as you walk on them (or perhaps I have been sampling too much rich Romanian food!)
There are wonderful old schoolrooms laid out as if waiting for the imminent return of the pupils. Craftsmen's workshops are also recreated in awesome detail giving a great feel for life in bygone days. The whole place is redolent of history and humanity. It's like a wonderful historical playground where you can go wherever you please. I had the place entirely to myself which was both sad and also fantastic.
While in Romania you should certainly visit Bran Castle but don't miss Prejmer. It is simply wonderful!
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There is a sort of long turning corridor running along the top of the battlements and you can walk the entire way around the building. It is dark and fabulously atmospheric. You can stand looking out through the arrow slits and imagine what it must have been like to be besieged here. Wooden stairs bring you up and they creak and groan as you walk on them (or perhaps I have been sampling too much rich Romanian food!)
There are wonderful old schoolrooms laid out as if waiting for the imminent return of the pupils. Craftsmen's workshops are also recreated in awesome detail giving a great feel for life in bygone days. The whole place is redolent of history and humanity. It's like a wonderful historical playground where you can go wherever you please. I had the place entirely to myself which was both sad and also fantastic.
While in Romania you should certainly visit Bran Castle but don't miss Prejmer. It is simply wonderful!
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Written 9 March 2018
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Kumaneko
Tokyo, Japan377 contributions
Jul 2015 • Couples
The fortress looks very beautiful from bird-eye view. However, there are not so many things to see on the ground. The church is very simple and surrounded by a 3-4 storey round building that you could walk up and explore some of their rooms. The highest level was a dark and empty circle hallway that hardly say well-preserved.
Since it takes only 30-40 minutes by minibus from Brasov, it is worth visiting if you have enough time to spare. If you have a tight schedule already, it may not worth sacrificing other places to fit this World Heritage site into your schedule as I did. I did hurried from Sinaia to find this place very much less attractive than Peles Castle and regretted the time that I should have spent more in Sinaia.
The minibus going to Prejmer leaves from Autogara Vest. From Gara Brasov, you just go to the main street and wait for bus no.23 or 23b at Garii stop and then get out of the bus at Gara Bartolomeu stop. You will find a church on the opposite side of the street and behind it is Autogara Vest terminal. However, this minibus will go to Prejmer via Gara Brasov and will stop at both two bus stops across the street from Gara Brasov. So it will save your time just go out of the station, cross the street and wait there for the minibus. Of course, there are trains from Brasov to Prejmer too but with less frequency than the bus. It takes only 20 minutes by train from Brasov to Prejmer. The minibus to Prejmer comes every 30 minutes on weekdays and every 1 hour on weekends. It costs 5.5 lei from Brasov to Prejmer.
I spent only 30 minutes there in total.
Since it takes only 30-40 minutes by minibus from Brasov, it is worth visiting if you have enough time to spare. If you have a tight schedule already, it may not worth sacrificing other places to fit this World Heritage site into your schedule as I did. I did hurried from Sinaia to find this place very much less attractive than Peles Castle and regretted the time that I should have spent more in Sinaia.
The minibus going to Prejmer leaves from Autogara Vest. From Gara Brasov, you just go to the main street and wait for bus no.23 or 23b at Garii stop and then get out of the bus at Gara Bartolomeu stop. You will find a church on the opposite side of the street and behind it is Autogara Vest terminal. However, this minibus will go to Prejmer via Gara Brasov and will stop at both two bus stops across the street from Gara Brasov. So it will save your time just go out of the station, cross the street and wait there for the minibus. Of course, there are trains from Brasov to Prejmer too but with less frequency than the bus. It takes only 20 minutes by train from Brasov to Prejmer. The minibus to Prejmer comes every 30 minutes on weekdays and every 1 hour on weekends. It costs 5.5 lei from Brasov to Prejmer.
I spent only 30 minutes there in total.
Written 27 July 2015
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California_momofsix
Fairfield1,123 contributions
Jun 2016 • Family
Of all the fortified churches, this one may be the largest. It's a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Prejmer, an easy half hour drive from Brasov and well worth a visit. It's easy to find and there is plenty of free parking in a little lot across and the street and on the surrounding streets. While this site might have been run haphazardly by neighbors a few years ago, there now is a permanent ticket office at the entrance. Tickets are 10 lei in cash for adults, but 5 lei for students (even college students).
There are no guided tours, but some plaques on the walls in the entrance give a summary of the history and significance of the site. The church dates from the Middle Ages and served as a fortification and protection for the local population against invaders. At the time, each family in the village had a room assigned to shelter in during times of siege. The interior walls are honeycombed with these little rooms and visitors can climb into all the rooms on the different levels, which is fun (but watch yourself on the steep ladders and low doorways). The church was also a cultural center for hundreds of years for the German Saxon minority, brought in by Hungarian rulers to settle what used to be their Eastern frontier. There is a little museum, a school room and the church which are filled with furniture, pictures, clothes, flags and other "artifacts" (for lack of a better word) of the Saxon community that used to live here. Some interesting items are displayed, but to fully understand the history of the Transylvania Germans, it would help to do some additional reading. Touring the church felt a little melancholy, seeing the well used benches that are no longer serving a congregation. I was happy to hear that the church is still used for concerts and other occasions.
We also enjoyed walking around the perimeter of the wall and peeking through the little windows. In one of the upstairs rooms we discovered an additional exhibition that explained in great detail how a foundation in Germany, largely founded by descendants of those formerly living in Romania, organized the restoration of Prejmer (Tartlau in German) and many other sites in Transylvania. It's definitely a beautiful place, worth seeing and preserving.
There are no guided tours, but some plaques on the walls in the entrance give a summary of the history and significance of the site. The church dates from the Middle Ages and served as a fortification and protection for the local population against invaders. At the time, each family in the village had a room assigned to shelter in during times of siege. The interior walls are honeycombed with these little rooms and visitors can climb into all the rooms on the different levels, which is fun (but watch yourself on the steep ladders and low doorways). The church was also a cultural center for hundreds of years for the German Saxon minority, brought in by Hungarian rulers to settle what used to be their Eastern frontier. There is a little museum, a school room and the church which are filled with furniture, pictures, clothes, flags and other "artifacts" (for lack of a better word) of the Saxon community that used to live here. Some interesting items are displayed, but to fully understand the history of the Transylvania Germans, it would help to do some additional reading. Touring the church felt a little melancholy, seeing the well used benches that are no longer serving a congregation. I was happy to hear that the church is still used for concerts and other occasions.
We also enjoyed walking around the perimeter of the wall and peeking through the little windows. In one of the upstairs rooms we discovered an additional exhibition that explained in great detail how a foundation in Germany, largely founded by descendants of those formerly living in Romania, organized the restoration of Prejmer (Tartlau in German) and many other sites in Transylvania. It's definitely a beautiful place, worth seeing and preserving.
Written 29 August 2016
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Does anyone know the winter working hours for this church ?
Written 30 January 2016
I just found it!
Visiting Hours:
May 1 to October 31: Tuesday – Friday: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Sunday and Monday – closed
November 1 to April 30: Tuesday – Saturday: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday and Monday – closed
Written 30 January 2016
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