Chirpăr

Chirpăr
Commune

Chirpăr
Coordinates: 45°54′N 24°36′E / 45.900°N 24.600°E / 45.900; 24.600
Country	Romania
County	Sibiu County
Population (2002)^[1]	1,483
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Fortified church of Chirpăr

Chirpăr (German: Kirchberg; Hungarian: Kürpöd) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Chirpăr, Săsăuş (Sachsenhausen; Szászház), Vărd (Werd; Vérd) and Veseud (Zied; Vessződ). Chirpăr and Veseud villages have fortified churches.

Architecture

The village church was erected by the local Transylvanian Saxon community in the 12th century. It was initially built as a Romanesque basilica, made of stone.

History

In 1910 the Agnita to Sibiu railway line was completed with at station at Vărd however the line was closed in 2001. An active restoration group has since been formed aiming to restore the entire line to working condition.^[2]

Sibiu County, Romania

Cities	Sibiu (county seat) Mediaș

Towns	Agnita Avrig Cisnădie Copșa Mică Dumbrăveni Miercurea Sibiului Ocna Sibiului Săliște Tălmaciu

Communes	Alma Alțâna Apoldu de Jos Arpașu de Jos Ațel Axente Sever Bazna Bârghiș Biertan Blăjel Boița Brateiu Brădeni Bruiu Chirpăr Cârța Cârțișoara Cristian Dârlos Gura Râului Hoghilag Iacobeni Jina Laslea Loamneș Ludoș Marpod Merghindeal Micăsasa Mihăileni Moșna Nocrich Orlat Păuca Poiana Sibiului Poplaca Porumbacu de Jos Racovița Rășinari Râu Sadului Roșia Sadu Slimnic Șeica Mare Șeica Mică Șelimbăr Șura Mare Șura Mică Tilișca Târnava Turnu Roșu Valea Viilor Vurpăr

Coordinates: 45°54′N 24°36′E / 45.900°N 24.600°E / 45.900; 24.600

References

↑ Romanian census data, 2002; retrieved on March 1, 2010
↑ "Sibiu Agnita Railway Group". Retrieved 2 December 2015.

Augustin Ioan, Hanna Derer. The Fortified Churches of the Transylvanian Saxons. Noi Media Print, 2004

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