Prejmer | village, interesting place

 village, interesting place

Prejmer (German: Tartlau; Hungarian: Prázsmár) is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. Composed of three villages (Prejmer, Lunca Câlnicului and Stupinii Prejmerului), it is located 18 km northeast of Braşov.

Prejmer

The village is located in the eastern county of Brasov, at an altitude ranging from 561 to 593 m

Geographical coordinates (23 ° 43 'east longitude and 45 ° 43' N), putting in place 15 km north-east of Brasov, Brasov national road DN 10 - Buzau. Prejmer the village is crossed by DN 11 - Brasov - Tg Secuiesc (DN 10 which intersects the village Harman right) and DJ 112D -
Tarlungeni - Prejmer - Meadow Câlnicului. Also, the area is crossed by Prejmer northwestern part of the railway line Brasov - Ciceu (via St. George) and the railway line south of Brasov-Intorsura Buzau. In the village there are three railway stations and bus stops for common road, connecting the major centers around.

In the north (the village meadow carers Calnicului) Prejmer village bordering the Black River north of the village Chichis Covasna River east villages Tărlung with Dobârlău and Teliu, west Harman and the villages south Budila and Tarlungeni.

First document dates from certain of the city March 21, 1240, when King Béla IV of Hungary (1235-1270) provides for administration order Cistercians villages from Barsa, including Prejmer (Tartilleri).

The oldest documents in alternate two names as designated settlement: Prejmer and Tartlau. From 1240 (year of first documentary attestation clear) and by the end of feudalism in the documents is balanced alternation of names.

The settlement contains a church made a remarkable Gothic
cisterniciene influenced early in the second half of the
XIII. Is the best preserved and most powerful
church-fortress of Eastern Europe. Dedicated patron
"Holy Cross", the evangelical church was built on a plan
central Greek cross, modified by interventions from the sixteenth century. This building was founded by Teutonic and Saxon settlers, the
influenced the architecture of Cistercian Kerz site.
Around the church was built between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, a massive fortress
peasant retreat, taken on a world cultural heritage list
UNESCO. The city is a museum that plays ethnographic
different aspects of Saxon communities (school class used
during the siege, various workshops, etc..): For
arrangement of this museum were used as objects originating in
Prejmer and other Transylvanian Saxon community.