St. Margaret Church

Local nameBiserica Sfânta Margareta din Mediaș
LocationMediaș, Romania

St. Margaret's Church is a Lutheran church, located at 1 Piața Castelului in the historic town center of Mediaș, Sibiu County, in the Transylvania region of Romania.

The present, late Gothic structure was built between 1437 and 1488 by the ethnic German Transylvanian Saxon community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary. Consecrated as a Roman Catholic church, with St Margaret of Antioch as its patron saint, it became Lutheran following the Reformation.

St. Margaret's church is located at the center of a large church fortress. About 150 of these buildings still exist in Transylvania. Seven of these villages with fortified churches are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Margaret's_Church,_Mediaș

Address Strada Johannes Honterus, Mediaș 551019, Romania

Coordinates 46°9'54.429" N 24°21'4.582" E

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