Saschiz

Saschiz (Template:Langx; Template:Langx, Hungarian pronunciation: Template:ConvertIPA-hu; Transylvanian Saxon: Keist) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cloașterf (Klosdorf; Miklóstelke), Mihai Viteazu (Zoltan until 1932; Zoltendorf; Zoltán), and Saschiz.

Saschiz, with its 15th-century church, has been the home of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, since its designation in 1999.

Geography

Saschiz is situated on the Template:Ill, in the south-central part of the Transylvanian Plateau, at an altitude of Template:Cvt, on the banks of the river Scroafa. It is located at the southern extremity of Mureș County, on the border with Brașov County. The commune is about Template:Cvt east of the city of Sighișoara; the county seat, Târgu Mureș, is Template:Cvt northwest of Saschiz.

The commune is crossed by national road Template:Ill (part of European route E60), which connects Brașov with Sighișoara and Târgu Mureș. The route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail passes through both Saschiz and Cloașterf.

Demographics

At the 2002 census, Saschiz had a population of 2,048: 88% Romanians, 5% Germans (more specifically Transylvanian Saxons), 4% Hungarians, and 3% Roma. At the 2011 census, the commune had 1,965 inhabitants, of which 82.29% were Romanians, 8.96% Roma, 3.05% Germans, and 2.09% Hungarians. At the 2021 census, Saschiz had a population of 2,080; of those, 85.82% were Romanians, 6.92% Roma, 1.97% Germans, and 1.06% Hungarians.

Natives

• Ion Dacian (1911–1981), light opera singer
• Dan-Alexandru Voiculescu (1940–2009), composer

See also

• Transylvanian Saxons
• Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania

References

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