The village was founded by the Székelys on the bank of the Nagy-Küküllő River, and it got its name from them, which is derived from the Hungarian word for sour cherry. In the 12th century, King Géza II of Hungary moved the Székelys to what is now Székelyföld and settled Germans, who were later called Saxons. The Transylvanian Saxons owed their extensive liberties and autonomy to King Andrew II of Hungary. The town received its privileges from Charles I, which were later extended by the Hungarian kings. The castle was created by fortifying the church of St Margaret, which was needed to meet the Turkish threat. The town walls were built on the orders of King Matthias of Hungary, who also strengthened the autonomy of the Saxons. In 1552, the town was granted the privilege of a free royal town by King Ferdinand I and became the centre of Kétszék (Two seats), which was created by merging the Saxon seats of Medgyes and Nagyselyk. It was clearly the centre of the Saxon lands along the Küküllő River and the Küküllő wine region. The Saxons converted to Lutheranism during the Reformation. In 1576, at the Diet held here, the Poles asked Báthory István, Prince of Transylvania, to be their king. Several Transylvanian diets were held within its walls. The Saxons always supported the Habsburgs against the Hungarians' efforts for regaining their independence. After the suppression of the Hungarian War of Independence in 1849, the Habsburg court abolished the autonomy of the Transylvanian Saxons who supported them. This was later restored, but was finally abolished with the modernisation of the public administration after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise. On 8 January 1919, when Transylvania was already under Romanian occupation, a meeting of Saxon delegates in Medgyes agreed to the union with Romania, which promised to restore their autonomy. In addition to failing to restore Saxon autonomy, Romania confiscated the vast estates of the Saxon community. The majority of the Saxons, who had been left in a hopeless situation, emigrated to Germany in exchange for ransom during the Ceaușescu era.

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In the 12th century, King G\u00e9za II of Hungary moved the Sz\u00e9kelys to what is now Sz\u00e9kelyf\u00f6ld and settled Germans, who were later called Saxons. The Transylvanian Saxons owed their extensive liberties and autonomy to King Andrew II of Hungary. The town received its privileges from Charles I, which were later extended by the Hungarian kings. The castle was created by fortifying the church of St Margaret, which was needed to meet the Turkish threat. The town walls were built on the orders of King Matthias of Hungary, who also strengthened the autonomy of the Saxons. In 1552, the town was granted the privilege of a free royal town by King Ferdinand I and became the centre of K\u00e9tsz\u00e9k (Two seats), which was created by merging the Saxon seats of Medgyes and Nagyselyk. It was clearly the centre of the Saxon lands along the K\u00fck\u00fcll\u0151 River and the K\u00fck\u00fcll\u0151 wine region. The Saxons converted to Lutheranism during the Reformation. In 1576, at the Diet held here, the Poles asked B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n, Prince of Transylvania, to be their king. Several Transylvanian diets were held within its walls. The Saxons always supported the Habsburgs against the Hungarians' efforts for regaining their independence. After the suppression of the Hungarian War of Independence in 1849, the Habsburg court abolished the autonomy of the Transylvanian Saxons who supported them. This was later restored, but was finally abolished with the modernisation of the public administration after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise. On 8 January 1919, when Transylvania was already under Romanian occupation, a meeting of Saxon delegates in Medgyes agreed to the union with Romania, which promised to restore their autonomy. In addition to failing to restore Saxon autonomy, Romania confiscated the vast estates of the Saxon community. The majority of the Saxons, who had been left in a hopeless situation, emigrated to Germany in exchange for ransom during the Ceau\u0219escu era.","nameorigin":"","history":"#1|@#3|@1075|King L\u00e1szl\u00f3 I of Hungary settled Sz\u00e9kelys along the Nagy-K\u00fck\u00fcll\u0151 River, they founded the village on the site of the present day Medgyes, which got its name from them. The village was situated northeast of the inner castle, where the Langgasse (str. Petru Rare\u0219), the Pfarhofgasse (str. Bisericii) and the Zekesch Street (str. Mihai Viteazul) are now located. Its cemetery was found under the Lutheran church.@after 1130|King G\u00e9za II of Hungary gradually relocated the Sz\u00e9kelys to the eastern, uninhabited borderlands of Transylvania (to the present day Sz\u00e9kelyf\u00f6ld).@1141-1161|During the reign of King G\u00e9za II of Hungary, German, Flemish and in smaller numbers also Walloon settlers arrived in southern Transylvania. The settlers probably came after the second crusade crossed Hungary in 1147. People who couldn\u2019t count on inheriting land in their homeland came from the territory of the dioceses of Cologne and Trier. They were granted new home in Hungary on lands that had recently become desolate after the Sz\u00e9kely border guards living there had been relocated to the area of H\u00e1romsz\u00e9k by order of the king. These settlers were later called collectively Saxons, which does not mean that they came from Saxony.@1146|According to the tradition, the settlement was founded in 1146, which makes Medgyes one of the oldest towns of Transylvania. King G\u00e9za II of Hungary settled Saxons in place of the Sz\u00e9kelys.@1224|King Andrew II of Hungary issued the Andreanum, the golden charter of freedoms of the Transylvanian Saxons (goldener Freibrief). This recognized the Saxons as collective legal entity, removed them from the jurisdiction of the royal isp\u00e1ns (the leaders of the counties), and placed the newly appointed isp\u00e1n of Szeben over them. The territory inhabited by the Saxons became their own property, and they were legally equal. If the owner of the land died without inheritors, the property reverted to the community and not the king. The Saxons elected their own superiors and priests. Their leader, the isp\u00e1n of Szeben, also called Count of the Saxons (comes Saxonum), was appointed by the king, but after 1486 they could choose the count themselves. Saxons were allowed to hold fairs and trade freely. Their land was called King's Land (Kir\u00e1lyf\u00f6ld, Fundus Regius, K\u00f6nigsboden). Saxons had the most rights in Hungary, they were actually exempted from feudalism.@#5|@July 3, 1267|The settlement was already inhabited by Saxons. The settlement was mentioned for the first time as Mediesy. Its name comes from the Hungarian meggy word meaning sour cherry. The German name comes from the Hungarian name.@1283|The settlement was the seat of a deaconry. It was called Villa Medjes.@#6|@1315|King Charles I of Hungary placed the inhabitants of Medgyes, Selyk and Berethalom under the authority of the isp\u00e1n (comes) of Szeben.@1317|The fairs of the settlement were mentioned for the first time.@1318|The Seat of Medgyes (Medgyessz\u00e9k) was mentioned for the first time. Seats were the special administrative units of the Saxons. Medgyes was the centre of the seat. King Charles I of Hungary granted privileges to the inhabitants of Medgyes and Nagyselyk and exempted them from the duty of serving in the royal army. Taxation and justice were administered according the common law of Szeben. The parish school was established in the 14th century. Ramparts and moats protected the settlement at that time.@early 14th century|Walls and two towers were constructed around the St. Margaret church as a defence. The walls were raised and fortified with three bastions and a moat due to the Turkish threat in the 15th century. This fortification was mentioned for the first time in 1450.@1359|The settlement was called Civitas Megyes, which meant that it was a town. Later it was called oppidum (a serf town with some privileges) again.@1402|King Sigismund of Hungary exempted the Saxons of Medgyes and Selyk from the jurisdiction of the isp\u00e1n of the Sz\u00e9kelys, so the two Saxon seats became independent.@1411|The expression \u2019Two seats\u2019 was used for the first time.@until the 16th century|The settlement was mentioned as an oppidum most of the time and it rivalled Nagyselyk and Berethalom until 1552.@1414|The St. Margaret church, the first church of the settlement, was completed.@1424|King Sigismund granted the town right to hold two country fairs annually.@1437|The three nations of Transylvania (the Hungarian nobility, the Sz\u00e9kelys and the Saxons) formed an alliance in K\u00e1polna (Union of K\u00e1polna). This union gained its true significance after 1570, when Transylvania became an independent principality due to the Turkish conquest of central Hungary. These three nations were represented in the Transylvanian Diet, and they elected the prince. Vlach migrants (mostly shepherds and peasants) were a small minority at the time and were excluded from the political power just like Hungarian peasants. According to the agreement, the Saxon fortified churches were opened for the non-Saxon population of the neighbourhood as well in times of danger. This was a great concession, because only Saxons (and not even Hungarian nobles) could acquire land and purchase house in King's Land. Only Saxon monks could live in their monasteries and Saxons were strictly forbidden by their priests to adopt Hungarian customs, dress and hairstyle. The Transylvanian Saxons were never integrated into the Hungarian community that welcomed them and gave them so many privileges, and they never had any inclination to do so.@1438|Turkish raiders sacked the settlement, which decimated its population. Sultan Murad II sent an army of raiders against Hungary under the command of Bey Ali. The Turks were aided by the Vlach army of Voivode Vlad Drakul of Wallachia. They crossed the Danube at Sz\u00f6r\u00e9ny Castle. They captured Medgyes with an assault, but Szeben resisted the siege. Finally, they burned the outskirts of Brass\u00f3 and left Hungary through the T\u00f6rcsv\u00e1r Pass.@1444|Franciscan monks settled in Medgyes. They built a monastery, their church was built after 1500.@1450|The castellan of the town\u2019s fortification was mentioned for the first time.@1457|The tailor\u2019s and clothmaker\u2019s guild was mentioned for the first time.@1459|The country assembly of Hungary gathered in Medgyes for the first time.@1462, 1467|King Matthias of Hungary visited Medgyes, which was an oppidum at that time.@1476|Vlad Dracula (Vlad Tepes) was held captive in the Marienturm (Mary\u2019s Tower) in Medgyes by order of King Matthias of Hungary. In 1476, Vlad Tepes took back the throne of Wallachia with the help of the Hungarian army of vajda B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n of Transylvania, but as he couldn\u2019t gain enough support in his homeland, the Turks killed him, when the Hungarian army left Wallachia.@1477|King Matthias obliged the town to send 32 soldiers in times of war.@1486|King Matthias of Hungary confirmed the autonomy of the Saxons. The Transylvanian Saxon Universality (universitas saxonum) was established, which was the official body of self-governance of the Saxons. It had administrative, legislative and judicial powers and was only subordinate to the King of Hungary. Saxons could only be judged by the Saxon Universality. It had the right to elect the Count of the Saxons from among the 12 members of the town council of Nagyszeben. The official language of the Saxon Universality was German, while the official language of Hungary was Latin.@1486|King Matthias of Hungary ordered Medgyes to build defensive walls. The walls of the town were built between 1490 and 1534 with a length of 2360 metres.@1487|The town\u2019s hospital was mentioned for the first time.@between 1490 and 1532|The town walls were constructed by order of King Matthias of Hungary against the Turkish threat. The walls limited the growth of the town until the 18th century.@from 1495|Medgyes was mentioned as town (cicitas) more and more frequently.@from 1507|An annual fair was held on 13 July on the feast of St. Margaret.@1510|Three hundred Saxon settlers, 38 landless serfs, two shepherds and four poor men lived in Medgyes together with their families.@#8|@1528|King John I suffered a decisive defeat on 20 March in the battle of Szina and fled to Poland. Ferdinand I was crowned King of Hungary and he took control of Transylvania as well. After King John I was let down by his French and Polish allies, he asked the Sultan for help. In 1529, the Turks launched a campaign and captured Buda, the capitol of Hungary, and handed it over to King John I, whom they recognized as King of Hungary.@1529|Kun Kocs\u00e1rd, the commander of the Sz\u00e9kely army, besieged Medgyes on behalf of King John I. The town that supported King Ferdinand I finally surrendered in August 1530.@1534|King John I granted Medgyes a privilege, which prohibited the trading of foreign goods in the town except for the yearly fairs.@September 1534|Lodovico Gritti, the governor of Hungary, fled to Medgyes from the armies of vajda Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n of Transylvania, King John I of Hungary and the voivode of Wallachia. Voivode Peter of Moldova sent in his aid also joined the besiegers. The besiegers broke into the town after the walls were breached by cannons. Gritti fled to the Moldavian camp, but they handed him over to the Hungarians. He was beheaded in the castle of Medgyes on 29 September by order of vajda Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n. Gritti was a Venetian soldier of fortune, who arrived in Hungary in 1529 as a minion of the Turks. He soon convinced King John I to name him governor of Hungary. It was out of the ordinary, because governors were only appointed in Hungary when the king was under age. Gritti, who was only interested in forging his own fortune, held a court that diminished even the royal court. Gradually everyone turned against him, which was only made worse by his plundering and that he even tried to make a deal with King Ferdinand I. The last drop in the glass (a Hungarian saying) was that D\u00f3czi Orb\u00e1n killed Bishop Czibak Imre of V\u00e1rad, one of the greatest supporters of King John I, by order of Governor Gritti. This made the nobility of Transylvania rise up under the leadership of vajda Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n.@1537|King John I summoned the burghers of Medgyes, because they obstructed the trade of the burghers of Brass\u00f3.@1539|King John I confirmed the right of the merchants of Medgyes to buy and sell goods freely in the entire territory of Hungary.@#9|@May 17, 1545|The synod of the Saxon priest of Transylvania decided on joining the Lutheran faith in Medgyes. The parish school of the town also became Lutheran. The altar and the frescoes of the church were removed.@1551|The child John Sigismund's guardian, George Martinuzzi, with Castaldo's imperial army, forced Queen Isabella to surrender the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom (including Transylvania) to King Ferdinand I. Isabella left for Poland with her child, the heir to the throne. The Turks then launched a punitive campaign against Hungary.@1552|King Ferdinand granted Medgyes free royal town status. The seats of Medgyes and Nagyselyk were united under the name \u2019Two seats\u2019 (K\u00e9tsz\u00e9k) and Medgyes became its permanent centre. Medgyes won the economic rivalry between the oppidums of the neighbourhood and it became the centre of the Saxon inhabited lands and also the wine region along the K\u00fck\u00fcll\u0151 River.@1556|The Estates of Transylvania, dissatisfied with Habsburg rule, recalled Queen Isabella to the throne, to which the Sultan gave his consent. On her return, she regained control of eastern Hungary.@around 1556|The Franciscan monks were driven out of Medgyes. Their church was taken from them, and their monastery was used as a stable.@1557|The leprosy hospital of the town was mentioned. Plague decimated the population in the years 1586, 1601\u20131604, 1633, 1646, 1653, 1656\u20131658, 1660\u20131661 and 1717\u20131718.@1561|The Lutheran synod accepted the Augsburg Confession.@1564|A great fire devastated the town.@1566|Giovanandrea Gromo, the captain of the bodyguard of King John II, visited the town after the devastations of a plague. Most of the houses were in ruins at that time. Most of the houses were built from stone, but there were still a lot of wooden buildings.@#10|@16\u201317th century|Country assembly was held in Medgyes several times.@May 25, 1571|After the death of Prince John II (John Sigismund), the mostly Protestant Transylvanian estates elected the Roman Catholic aristocrat B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n as Prince of Transylvania. But King Maximilian I (Emperor Maximilian II) couldn\u2019t make do with the fact that the estates of Transylvania were free to elect their own prince. The king convinced the Unitarian aristocrat Bekes G\u00e1sp\u00e1r to rebel against Prince B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n with false promises.@1573|The country assembly of Transylvania gathered in Medgyes authorized Prince B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n to eliminate the faction led by Bekes G\u00e1sp\u00e1r.@July 8, 1575|In the Battle of Kerel\u0151szentp\u00e1l, the Habsburg-backed Bekes G\u00e1sp\u00e1r suffered a final defeat at the hands of Prince B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n, which secured the independence of the Principality of Transylvania from the Habsburg Empire.@January 28, 1576|The Polish emissaries asked Prince B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n to be King of Poland at the country assembly in Medgyes. The country assembly confirmed B\u00e1thory as Prince of Transylvania, who left his younger brother Krist\u00f3f behind as governor in Transylvania.@1586|The town\u2019s school was mentioned for the first time (Schola civitatis).@1588|The country assembly gathered in Medgyes decided on expelling the Jesuits from Transylvania and proclaimed B\u00e1thory Zsigmond, the son of Krist\u00f3f, to be of age and elected him Prince of Transylvania.@#12|@1599|Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond renounced the throne again in favour of the brother of Boldizs\u00e1r, Cardinal B\u00e1thory Andr\u00e1s. B\u00e1thory Andr\u00e1s wanted to place Transylvania under Turkish patronage again, but he was accepted neither by the Saxons nor by the Sz\u00e9kelys and he could gain the support of neither the Habsburgs nor the Turks.@1599|Bishop B\u00e1thory Andr\u00e1s was elected Prince of Transylvania here, after B\u00e1thory Zsigmond abdicated.@1602|The country assembly in Medgyes protested against General Basta\u2019s reign of terror.@May-July, 1603|The army of Sz\u00e9kely M\u00f3zes captured the town. Sz\u00e9kely M\u00f3zes liberated Transylvania from the imperial occupation with his Sz\u00e9kely and Turkish troops in the absence of General Basta in 1603. Sz\u00e9kely M\u00f3zes was elected prince by the country assembly on 9 May. He was the only Sz\u00e9kely prince of Transylvania. The Habsburgs mobilized their vassal, Voivode Radu Serban of Wallachia, who attacked the camp of Sz\u00e9kely M\u00f3zes at night at Brass\u00f3 on 17 July. The Prince was killed and General Basta returned to Transylvania.@#13|@August 27, 1605|Bocskai Istv\u00e1n marched into Medgyes solemnly. He was elected Prince of Transylvania here on 14 September. He was already elected on 21 February in Marosszerda, but without the consent of the Saxons.@#14|@December, 1610|Prince B\u00e1thory G\u00e1bor of Transylvania launched a campaign for the throne of Wallachia, which was the vassal of the Habsburgs at that time. Voivode Radu Serban fled, and B\u00e1thory captured his capitol, Targoviste, without any resistance. He wanted to gain the consent of the Turks by saying that his campaign was part of the preparation for the conquest of Poland, but the Turks didn't give their consent.@1611|Weiss Mih\u00e1ly, Judge of Brass\u00f3, denied the entrance to the town for Prince B\u00e1thory G\u00e1bor of Transylvania. Instead, he turned to Radu Serban, the former voivode of Wallachia removed by B\u00e1thory, for help. Radu crossed the mountains with his mercenaries and took B\u00e1thory by surprise at Szentp\u00e9ter on 8 July. The Prince retreated to Szeben. Radu besieged Szeben and Forg\u00e1ch Zsigmond, the captain of Kassa, hurried to his aid without the approval of the n\u00e1dor of Hungary. B\u00e1thory was saved by the army of Pasha Omer of Bosnia, from which both Radu and Forg\u00e1ch also fled.@1611|The imperial forces under the command of Captain Forg\u00e1ch Zsigmond occupied Medgyes, but they were driven out by the army of Prince B\u00e1thory G\u00e1bor the same year. The Prince demanded a tribute of 12 thousand forints from the town.@1612|Prince B\u00e1thory G\u00e1bor tried to convince the Estates of Transylvania to join the Habsburgs, but they did not want to agree. Gh\u00e9czy Andr\u00e1s gained the support of the Turks against B\u00e1thory.@October 15, 1612|Prince B\u00e1thory G\u00e1bor of Transylvania defeated the combined armies of Gh\u00e9czy Andr\u00e1s and the Saxons of Brass\u00f3. Judge Weiss Mih\u00e1ly was also killed in the battle. The decisive battle was fought on the plain of F\u00f6ldv\u00e1r, when the mercenaries of Weiss Mih\u00e1ly, Judge of Brass\u00f3, ran away and the soldiers of Prince B\u00e1thori G\u00e1bor slaughtered most of the remaining Saxon students. The judge was also killed in his flight and his head put on display in the Saxon town of Nagyszeben.@1613|Instead of the violently ruling and immoral B\u00e1thory G\u00e1bor, the Transylvanian estates elected Bethlen G\u00e1bor, who was supported by the Turks, as their prince. At that time, the fallen prince was staying in V\u00e1rad, and was willing to hand over the most important border fortress of Transylvania to the Turks just to keep the throne, but the hajd\u00fa warriors hired by Gh\u00e9czy Andr\u00e1s murdered him on 27 October, 1613.@March 5, 1614|The murderers of Prince B\u00e1thory G\u00e1bor, Szilasi J\u00e1nos and Nad\u00e1nyi Gergely, were caught and executed at the country assembly in Medgyes.@1616|The town hall was mentioned for the first time.@#15|@#16|@after 1637|The Lutheran school was expanded to a grammar school. The classes of Philosophy and Theology were opened after 1762.@1639|The wooden bridge was built over the Nagy-K\u00fck\u00fcll\u0151.@#17|@#18|@1657|Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II of Transylvania launched a campaign for the crown of Poland in alliance with Carl X Gustaf of Sweden. His aim was to unite the Hungarian-Polish-Wallachian forces against the Turks. The campaign started successfully with the prince taking Krak\u00f3w and Warsawa, but then the King of Sweden abandoned him. The vengeful Poles invaded northern Transylvania, burning defenceless villages, destroying churches and castles. Soon the punitive campaign of Turkish and Tatar armies devastated Transylvania, as the prince launched his Polish campaign against the Sultan's will.@January 9, 1658|The country assembly dethroned Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II in Medgyes, and recognized him as prince again on 24 January.@#23|@#25|@#26|@from the early 18th century|The Saxon villages that were left desolate by the wars were repopulated by Vlach migrants from Wallachia. Vlachs appeared in the Saxon towns as well. This was the start of the process by the end of which Vlachs were in the majority in Transylvania instead of Hungarians.@#27|@April 7, 1705|The kuruc army of Count Forg\u00e1ch Simon besieged the town and captured it from the imperials after 10 weeks. The imperials took the town back in November. Shortly after that, the kuruc insurgents returned, and Pekry L\u0151rinc damaged the walls, then he had some of the walls demolished. The demolished walls were later replaced by weaker brick walls.@October 27, 1706|Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Ferenc II held a country assembly in Medgyes.@1720|The Franciscan monks returned to their ruinous monastery.@1722|A Roman Catholic school was established. It operated until 1948.@1730s|The town was protected by 19 towers and could be accessed through four smaller and three large gates.@between 1741 and 1789|The Piarists operated a lower grammar school.@1754|Empress Maria Theresia moved the Royal Court of Justice (Tabula Regia), the supreme court of Transylvania, from Medgyes to Marosv\u00e1s\u00e1rhely.@between 1767 and 1810|The printing press of Johann Sifft operated in Medgyes.@18th century|New quarters emerged outside of the town walls with Saxon and Vlach population.@1781|The decree of Emperor Joseph II introduced \u0022concivility\u0022, which allowed non-Saxons to settle and acquire property in King's Land.@July 4, 1781|The decree of Emperor Joseph II allowed Hungarians and Vlachs to move to the inner town. The emperor wanted to Germanize Hungary, and the official language of Hungary became the German. Austrian officials and military officers were moved to Medgyes. 4568 people lived in the town at that time.@1783|Emperor Joseph II abolished the Transylvanian Saxon Universality and the Saxon seats (traditional administrative units) were incorporated into the new county system. Joseph II, who was never crowned King of Hungary, thus he was called \u2019the king in hat\u2019, made German the official language of Hungary instead of Latin, which the Saxons protested against together with the Hungarian Estates.@1790|When Emperor Joseph II, the \u2019enlightened\u2019 absolute ruler of Hungary died, bonfires were lit throughout Transylvania and Hungarians and Saxons celebrated the repeal of his decrees as one. The Transylvanian Saxon Universality was restored, but the \u0022concivility\u0022, the decree that allowed non-Saxons to settle in the land of the Saxons was not withdrawn.@1804\u20135|The military barracks was built south of the town, but a significant garrison had already been stationed in the town before.@early 19th century|Most of the outer ring of walls was demolished and its stones were used for the local constructions. The Lutheran fortified church in the centre was once also surrounded with walls.@1826|The first Vlach church of the town was built owing to the Greek Catholic bishop of Bal\u00e1zsfalva, Ioan Bob. He also opened a Vlach language school.@1840s|Its fair held on the feast of St. Margaret was among the significant fairs of Transylvania.@1844|German became the language of education and legal training started in the Lutheran grammar school.@#28|@1848|The Transylvanian Saxons also voted in favour of the reunion with Hungary. However, during the Hungarian War of Independence, they supported the Habsburgs because of their German national consciousness and their loyalty to the Emperor.@May 29, 1848|The representatives of the Saxon seat voted for the union of Transylvania with Hungary against the instructions. The angry burghers of Medgyes didn\u2019t elect them to the country assembly in Pest. The four thousand soldiers of General Gedeon were stationed in the town in summer.@August 1848|The assembly of the Saxon youth greeted the Imperial Diet of Frankfurt with the leadership of Stephan Ludwig Roth.@January 18, 1849|The Hungarian army of General Bem J\u00f3zsef marched into Medgyes.@February 9, 1849|Major Zsurmay Lip\u00f3t took the town back after the imperial counter-attack.@February 15, 1849|The Sz\u00e9kely army of G\u00e1l S\u00e1ndor joined General Bem at Medgyes.@March 2, 1849|Czetz repelled the imperial army of General Puchner pushing towards the town.@March 3, 1849|General Bem left the town after a bayonet fight. The Hungarians led by Bem retreated towards Segesv\u00e1r.@after 1849|After the fall of the Hungarian War of Independence, the Saxons\u2019 reward for supporting the Habsburgs against Hungary was that the Habsburg emperor abolished their autonomy and incorporated King's Land into the new centralized administrative system controlled from Vienna. The Count of the Saxons was removed, the locally elected magistrates were replaced by centrally assigned clerks and the Saxons lost their control over the judicial system as well.@1861|The October Diploma issued by Emperor Franz Joseph eased the absolutism and restored the autonomy of the Saxons. The old administrative system of King's Land was restored and the seat of Sz\u00e1szv\u00e1ros (Sz\u00e1szv\u00e1rossz\u00e9k) was resurrected for one and a half decades.@1861|The Hungarian casino was founded.@1863|Steet lighting was introduced with kerosene lamps.@#30|@1871|One of the three Saxon agricultural schools (Ackerbauschule), and in 1873 one of the five apprentice\u2019s schools (Gewerbeschule) was established in Medgyes.@1872|Several Saxon political gatherings took place in Medgyes. The first Sachsentag took place in Medgyes in 1872. Their political program declared in Medgyes accepted the constitutional framework of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, but they demanded the maintenance of the autonomy of King's Land and the extension of minority rights.@May 6, 1872|The Hungarian East Railway reached the town on the Nagyv\u00e1rad-Kolozsv\u00e1r-T\u00f6vis-Brass\u00f3 line.@Ovtober 11, 1872|The Kiskapus-Nagyszeben railway line was opened.@1876|Public administration was modernized and medieval structures were abolished in Hungary. The autonomy of the Saxons was abolished (as was that of the Hungarian Sz\u00e9kelys) and their seats were incorporated into the county system. King's Land had already lost its Saxon homogeneity (which was mainly due to low Saxon fertility) by that time making territorial autonomy redundant.@1876|King's Land was incorporated into the county system of Hungary and Medgyes was attached to Nagy-K\u00fck\u00fcll\u0151 County. It became the seat of a district.@after 1876|The Saxon Universality was transformed into a foundation to foster culture and education.@1881|Samuel Karres established a tannery, which was expanded to a leather factory in 1914.@1885|The Hungarian language state school was established in Medgyes.@from 1887|The phylloxera infection caused great damages to traditional viticulture.@1888|The St\u00fcrzer textile factory was established.@from 1890|Several Saxon butchers established small factories manufacturing salami and cold cuts. The one established by Josef Theil in 1895 became the most significant. It employed 28 workers in 1898. It is the precursor of the present day Salconserv factory.@October 20, 1893|The so called Green Saxon movement started in Medgyes. Contrary to the Black Saxons who cooperated with the Hungarian government, they took a stand for more radical minority protection, Saxon-Swabian cooperation and maintaining the relationship with Germany.@1902|The town hospital was built with 32 beds.@1910-1912|The new building of the Stephan Ludwig Roth High School was constructed.@1912|The Ambrosi & Czell wine factory was established. The Rosenauer screw factory was established in 1918. The enamelware factory of Peter Westen was opened in 1921. The rayon factory of Josef Klinger was founded in 1922. The Schembra\/Ideal bicycle and stroller factory was opened in 1936. All of the significant factories were owned by Saxons or Hungarians, but the majority of the workers were Vlachs already in 1913. According to a statistics from 1943, 2337 Romanian, 1158 Saxon, 889 Hungarian, 70 Jewish industrial workers were in Medgyes, and 201 belonged to other nationalities.@1914|The Citron and Co leather factory was established.@#31|@1916|On 27 August, Romania declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and launched an attack against Hungary. This triggered a huge wave of refugees from Transylvania, as the population feared a repeat of the Romanian ethnic cleansing of 1848-49. The Saxon Arthur Arz von Straussenberg led the defence of Transylvania until the arrival of German reinforcement. Austro-Hungarian and German forces drove the invaders out of the country by mid-October and occupied Bucharest on 6 December. Romania surrendered and signed a peace treaty with the central powers on 7 May 1918 (Treaty of Bucharest).@1917|The 5.5 kilometres long gas pipeline connecting the town with the natural gas field of B\u00e1zna was constructed. Natural gas, as a local source of energy, boosted industrial development. The seat of the Hungarian Natural Gas Company (Magyar F\u00f6ldg\u00e1z Rt) established in Budapest in 1915 was moved to Medgyes in 1923. Its new office building was built in 1925 next to the train station. The company was taken over by the Romanians shortly.@1918|On 3 November, the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy signed the Armistice of Padua. The already defeated Romania then declared war on Germany on 10 November, just one day before the Germans signed the armistice near Compi\u00e8gne. The Romanians then launched an offensive against Hungary, which had already unconditionally ceased fighting at the demand of the Entente. Romania was only recognised by the Entente powers as one of the victors of WWI only later.@#32|@December 16, 1918|The Romanian army invaded the town.@January 8, 1919|In the shadow of Romanian occupation, the assembly of the Saxon delegates in Medgyes accepted the union with Romania with the promise of the restoration of Saxon autonomy. In 1910 only 231,000 Saxons lived in Transylvania. The representatives of Medgyes also accepted the union with Romania.@#36|@1922|The Cs\u00e1ki brothers moved the Vitrometan glassworks from Budapest to Medgyes and they recruited German workers from Czechia. They built a residential area for the workers next to the factory. It was the largest glassworks of south-eastern Europe in the 1930s and most of its products were exported. The owner Cs\u00e1ki brothers were arrested in 1949. The factory gave one third of the production of Romania the 1970s.@1923|The Romanian government abolished all what remained of the Saxon autonomy. The vast estates of the Saxon Universality were confiscated, just like the lands of the Hungarian nobility and the historical churches, which almost exclusively financed Hungarian and Saxon education systems in Transylvania. Once again, Saxons were rewarded for betraying Hungary, though it depended by no means on their decision that Transylvania was united with Wallachia and Moldova, which was a decision similar to uniting Switzerland with Nigeria.@until 1941|As a result of the Romanian settlements, the Saxons lost their majority in every town. In desperation, the Saxons joined the SS en masse.@1944|The German high command ordered the evacuation of King's Land, just like East Prussia, but the majority stayed in their homeland. Romania betrayed their allies and sided with the Soviet Union, as soon as the first Soviet forces reached their eastern borders. After that, Saxons were also obliged to enlist in the Romanian army. Soviets despised the traitors, so they sent the Romanians to the front line to catch the bullet, which meant that Saxons had to fight against Saxons.@1944|The Saxons lost their political rights, most of them were taken away to labor camps in the Soviet Union, then they emigrated to West Germany during the decades of Socialism. West Germany had to pay ransom for each Saxon emigrant, who were also forced to leave their properties on the Romanian state.@1950s|Illegal emigration to Germany began with the bribery of state employees. The Romanian secret service, the Securitate and the Directorate for Foreign Intelligence (DIE) became aware of the process and wanted to turn it to their own advantage.@from 1962|The state-coordinated sale of German nationalities in Romania has been launched. The so called \u2019products\u2019 were divided into four categories with different prices. For example West Germany had to pay 11,000 marks for a highly qualified person, while a student could be ransomed for only 1,800 marks.@from 1970|Romania made the process more democratic, because the FRG had to pay a uniform 8,000 marks for each German. This was the price of the one-way visa to West Germany.@from 1982|The price increased, because West Germany had to reimburse also the money the high quality education system of Romania spent on the German people wishing to leave the country. Moreover, the emigrants had to sign a declaration that they would leave their assets to the Romanian state. West Germany was allowed to pay in kind as well. For example, when the Germans said that they could only supply Volkswagen cars, the Romanians said that they would prefer Mercedes cars, but were willing to wait.@until 1990|Approximately 250 to 400 thousand Germans were ransomed to West Germany together with the Swabians that lived in the B\u00e1ns\u00e1g (Banat). Seeing the success of the deal, the Romanians also started selling Jews to Israel, and eventually they sold literally anyone, who had someone to pay the ransom.@1991-1992|With the opening of the borders, 75,000 of the remaining 95,000 Transylvanian Saxons emigrated to Germany voluntarily, leaving ghost villages behind. Those few that remained became more Romanian than Romanians, just as the example of the \u2019liberal\u2019 President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis shows, who took political advantage by accusing the \u2019social democrats\u2019 of wanting to hand over Transylvania to the Hungarians. This describes political conditions in Romania and the mental state of an average Romanian quite well.@2002|7.2 million people lived in Transylvania, including 1.42 million Hungarians. There were 1.65 million Hungarians out of 5.2 million in 1910. The proportion of the Romanians increased from 53.78% to 74.69%, while the proportion of the Hungarians decreased from 31.64% to 19.6%. The proportion of the Germans dropped from 10.75% to below 1%. These changes were mainly the results of migration and the persecution of Hungarians and Saxons. Transylvania here refers to the entire territory that once belonged to Hungary, which is much larger than historical Transylvania.&medgyes.ro: Medgyes t\u00f6rt\u00e9neti kronol\u00f3gi\u00e1ja|https:\/\/medgyes.ro\/node\/95\nerdelyinaplo.ro: Ellenfelei letasz\u00edtott\u00e1k a tr\u00f3nr\u00f3l B\u00e1thory G\u00e1bort|https:\/\/erdelyinaplo.ro\/elo-emlekezet\/ellenfelei-letaszitottak-a-tronrol-bathory-gabort\npangea.blog.hu: Az erd\u00e9lyi sz\u00e1sz etnikai t\u00e9rszerkezet kialakul\u00e1sa|https:\/\/pangea.blog.hu\/2014\/12\/03\/erdelyi_szasz_etnikai_terszerkezet_kialakulasa\npangea.blog.hu: Az erd\u00e9lyi sz\u00e1sz etnikai t\u00e9rszerkezet megsemmis\u00fcl\u00e9se|https:\/\/pangea.blog.hu\/2014\/12\/31\/az_erdelyi_szasz_etnikai_terszerkezet_megsemmisulese"},"sights":[{"sightId":1957,"townId":76,"active":2,"name_LO":"Biserica Evanghelic\u0103 Sf\u00e2nta Margareta","address":"Pia\u0163a Castelului 1","mapdata":"1|949|811","gps_lat":"46.1652160872","gps_long":"24.3510950849","religion":3,"oldtype":"1","newtype":"1","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"https:\/\/www.muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Evangelikus-templom-Medgyes-1443","csemadoklink":"https:\/\/lexikon.adatbank.transindex.ro\/muemlek.php?id=383","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Dora Domsa, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO \u003Chttps:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Ansamblul_bisericii_evanghelice_fortificate.JPG\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Ansamblul bisericii evanghelice fortificate\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/19\/Ansamblul_bisericii_evanghelice_fortificate.JPG\/512px-Ansamblul_bisericii_evanghelice_fortificate.JPG\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Ansamblul_bisericii_evanghelice_fortificate.JPG\u0022\u003EDora Domsa\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0 RO\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"St. Margaret of Antioch Lutheran Church","seolink":"st-margaret-of-antioch-lutheran-church","note":"","history":"The church is one of the most important Gothic monuments of Transylvania. The first record of the Medgyes parish dates back to 1283, when the parish priest \u00c1d\u00e1m was mentioned. The next mention dates back to 1414, when the church was dedicated to Saint Margaret of Antioch. In 1446, Pope Eugene IV granted the church a indulgence. It became Lutheran in the 16th century. It was the venue of several Transylvanian country assemblies and in 1576, Prince B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n of Transylvania received here the Polish embassy offering him the crown of Poland.@\nAccording to excavations, the church was built in the 13th century, with a larger sanctuary added in the 14th century. The north aisle was built in the 14th century, the south aisle in the late 15th century. The present sanctuary was built around 1430. The church has one of the largest surface medieval wall paintings in the Carpathian Basin. It has a Gothic pulpit and winged altar and a 14th century bronze baptismal font. The walls of the sanctuary contain tombstones from the 16th and 17th centuries. Its organ dates from 1678 and was enlarged to its present form in 1732.@\nIts leaning tower is the symbol of the town. Between 1495 and 1498, the tower was raised by three storeys to a height of 68.5 metres, exceeding the height of the St Stephen's Church in Vienna. However, due to soft ground, it started to lean and now it slants 2.28 metres from the vertical, making it the 12th tallest leaning tower in the world.@\nThe church is surrounded by a ring of walls fortified with five towers, the construction of which probably dates back to the 15th century.@\nIt is said that King Matthias of Hungary had Vlad Tepes, former voivode of Wallachia, imprisoned in this tower in 1476.\n&\nwikipedia: Medgyes \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9szeti eml\u00e9kei|https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medgyes_%C3%A9p%C3%ADt%C3%A9szeti_eml%C3%A9kei"},{"sightId":1958,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"Biserica Romano-Catolic\u0103 - Manastirea Franciscana","address":"Strada Mihai Viteazul 44-46","mapdata":"1|1130|229","gps_lat":"46.1685413406","gps_long":"24.3527125037","religion":1,"oldtype":"1","newtype":"1","homepage":"https:\/\/ersekseg.ro\/hu\/templom\/674","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"https:\/\/lexikon.adatbank.transindex.ro\/muemlek.php?id=327","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Andrei kokelburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medias_Biserica_romano_catolica_(1).jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022256\u0022 alt=\u0022Medias Biserica romano catolica (1)\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/1e\/Medias_Biserica_romano_catolica_%281%29.jpg\/256px-Medias_Biserica_romano_catolica_%281%29.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medias_Biserica_romano_catolica_(1).jpg\u0022\u003EAndrei kokelburg\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0 RO\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"St. Elisabeth of Hungary Former Franciscan Church","seolink":"st-elisabeth-of-hungary-former-franciscan-church","note":"","history":"Tradition has it that the Franciscans settled in the town in 1444. They built their church and monastery dedicated to St. Elizabeth in the immediate vicinity of the castle walls. The church tower was mentioned in 1485. The present church was probably built in the Gothic style in the early 16th century. In 1534, the Venetian adventurer Lodovico Gritti, the notorious governor of Hungary, was buried in the church, despite the protests of the citizens of Medgyes. In 1557 the Protestants shut down the monastery and the monks were expelled. It then stood empty and was used as a stable. In 1613, the assassins of Prince B\u00e1thory G\u00e1bor of Transylvania, Nad\u00e1nyi Gergely and Szilv\u00e1sy J\u00e1nos, were thrown from the church tower. In 1721, the town council, under pressure from the imperial commander Hugo Damain de Virdmont, returned the church and monastery to the Franciscans. The neglected building was restored in Baroque style with the support of the Transylvanian Hungarian Catholic aristocracy and imperial officers. Work continued into the early 1740s, when Haller J\u00e1nos, the governor of Transylvania, and his wife D\u00e1niel Zs\u00f3fia generously supported the renovation of the nave and the southern side chapel (their coat of arms is on the parapet of the gallery). The church's Baroque altars were also built in the 18th century, and its organ was made in 1750 by Johann Hahn in the organ workshop in Szeben, with the support of Bal\u00f3 J\u00f3zsef and Monos Tam\u00e1s. In 1865, the brick portico was built by the mason Sperha M\u00e1ty\u00e1s. In 1911-13 the church was rebuilt and the stained glass windows made in the workshop of Richard Schlein in Grottau were installed. In 1929, Herczeg Ferenc, a painter from Marosv\u00e1s\u00e1rhely, created the decorative painting and figural details still visible today.\n&\nwikipedia: Medgyes \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9szeti eml\u00e9kei|https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medgyes_%C3%A9p%C3%ADt%C3%A9szeti_eml%C3%A9kei"},{"sightId":1959,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"Muzeul Municipal - Muzeul de Istorie","address":"Strada Mihai Viteazul 46","mapdata":"1|1102|197","gps_lat":"46.1687999969","gps_long":"24.3525684860","religion":1,"oldtype":"5","newtype":"98","homepage":"https:\/\/muzeulmedias.wordpress.com\/","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"https:\/\/lexikon.adatbank.transindex.ro\/muemlek.php?id=327","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Andrei kokelburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medias_Muzeul.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Medias Muzeul\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b1\/Medias_Muzeul.jpg\/512px-Medias_Muzeul.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medias_Muzeul.jpg\u0022\u003EAndrei kokelburg\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0 RO\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Former Franciscan Monastery, Town Museum","seolink":"former-franciscan-monastery-town-museum","note":"","history":"Tradition has it that the Franciscans settled in the town in 1444. They built their church and monastery dedicated to St. Elizabeth in the immediate vicinity of the castle walls. The church tower was mentioned in 1485. The present church was probably built in the Gothic style in the early 16th century. In 1557 the Protestants shut down the monastery and expelled the monks. It then stood empty and was used as a stable. From 1699 it was used as a municipal hospital. In 1721, the town council, under pressure from the imperial commander Hugo Damain de Virdmont, returned the church and monastery to the Franciscans. The neglected building was restored in Baroque style with the support of the Transylvanian Hungarian Catholic aristocracy and imperial officers. In 1747, after the construction was completed, the Medgyes monastery was elevated to convent status, and afterwards most of the provincial meetings of the Transylvanian Franciscan Order were held here. From 1747 onwards, an elementary school was also run within the walls of the monastery. Since 1970, it has been used as a municipal mausoleum. The museum's collection is based on ethnographic material collected by the Saxon pastor between the two world wars."},{"sightId":1960,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Strada Unirii 11","mapdata":"1|1081|1436","gps_lat":"46.1613187316","gps_long":"24.3523542851","religion":2,"oldtype":"1","newtype":"1","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"","picture_ref":"","name":"Calvinist Church","seolink":"calvinist-church","note":"","history":"The Calvinist received the New Bastion from the town in 1869, on the site of which they built their present church in 1888. Their congregation has had a separate parish since 1885."},{"sightId":1961,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"Biserica Bob din Media\u0219","address":"Str. Card. I.Hossu","mapdata":"1|1316|629","gps_lat":"46.1661801868","gps_long":"24.3542961553","religion":4,"oldtype":"1","newtype":"1","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Mihai Andrei, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Biserica_Bob_din_Medias.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022256\u0022 alt=\u0022Biserica Bob din Medias\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/6d\/Biserica_Bob_din_Medias.jpg\/256px-Biserica_Bob_din_Medias.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Biserica_Bob_din_Medias.jpg\u0022\u003EMihai Andrei\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Greek Catholic Bob Church","seolink":"greek-catholic-bob-church","note":"","history":"The church was built in 1826 in the neoclassical style. The interior painting dates from 1934. \n&\nwikipedia: Medgyes \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9szeti eml\u00e9kei|https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medgyes_%C3%A9p%C3%ADt%C3%A9szeti_eml%C3%A9kei"},{"sightId":1962,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"Biserica Sfin\u021bii Arhangheli Mihail \u0219i Gavriil","address":"Strada Clo\u015fca","mapdata":"1|1424|1365","gps_lat":"46.1618380770","gps_long":"24.3552840446","religion":5,"oldtype":"1","newtype":"1","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Krzysztof Dudzik (User:ToSter), CC BY-SA 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medias,_church.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Medias, church\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/0b\/Medias%2C_church.jpg\/512px-Medias%2C_church.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medias,_church.jpg\u0022\u003EKrzysztof Dudzik (User:ToSter)\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"St. Michael and Gabriel Archangels Orthodox Church","seolink":"st-michael-and-gabriel-archangels-orthodox-church","note":"","history":"The Orthodox cathedral was built after the Romanian occupation in 1929-35 in the neo-Byzantine style. It was designed by George Pl\u0103cintaru Liteanu. The town's Orthodox inhabitants built their first wooden church in 1787, which was destroyed in 1849. In its place, a stone church was built in 1850 on the banks of the Muzsnai stream. In the 1920s, the Saxon magistrate prevented the new Orthodox church from being built on the main square, but as a compromise they donated the site of the present church to the Orthodox on the former wood market."},{"sightId":1963,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Pia\u0163a Castelului","mapdata":"1|933|761","gps_lat":"46.1655000210","gps_long":"24.3510789851","religion":0,"oldtype":"24,74","newtype":"24","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022h_laca, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:School_mediasch.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022256\u0022 alt=\u0022School mediasch\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/46\/School_mediasch.jpg\/256px-School_mediasch.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:School_mediasch.jpg\u0022\u003Eh_laca\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"School Tower, Schulturm","seolink":"school-tower-schulturm","note":"","history":"The north-west tower was originally four storeys high. It was incorporated into the school in 1713, and then in 1888 the school was raised and the tower was reduced to equal its height. \n&\nwikipedia: Medgyes \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9szeti eml\u00e9kei|https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medgyes_%C3%A9p%C3%ADt%C3%A9szeti_eml%C3%A9kei"},{"sightId":1964,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Pia\u0163a Castelului","mapdata":"1|983|769","gps_lat":"46.1653763070","gps_long":"24.3514624780","religion":0,"oldtype":"24","newtype":"24","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022h_laca, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Seilerturm_and_Stephan_Ludwig_Roths_birthplace_Mediasch.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022256\u0022 alt=\u0022Seilerturm and Stephan Ludwig Roths birthplace Mediasch\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/d9\/Seilerturm_and_Stephan_Ludwig_Roths_birthplace_Mediasch.jpg\/256px-Seilerturm_and_Stephan_Ludwig_Roths_birthplace_Mediasch.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Seilerturm_and_Stephan_Ludwig_Roths_birthplace_Mediasch.jpg\u0022\u003Eh_laca\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Seilerturm (Ropemaker's Tower), Speckturm (Bacon Tower)","seolink":"seilerturm-ropemakers-tower-speckturm-bacon-tower","note":"","history":"Five-storey tower. When the members of the ropemakers' guild died in the leprosy epidemic, the belt makers asked the town council to let them take over the tower. In the 19th century it was called the Bacon Tower (Speckturm) because the Saxons stored their smoked bacon here. Today, it is the archives of St Margaret's Church, which also houses several very old bibles. Its wall is connected to the Stephan Ludwig Roth Memorial House. Stephan Ludwig Roth was born in 1796 in this former vicarage, built in 1713 on 15th century foundations. During the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848-49, Roth sided with the Habsburg oppressors and the Vlach rebels who supported them, and was executed for his treason."},{"sightId":1965,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"Turnul Mariei","address":"Pia\u0163a Castelului","mapdata":"1|1017|826","gps_lat":"46.1650464262","gps_long":"24.3517876129","religion":0,"oldtype":"24,2","newtype":"24","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Andrei kokelburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medias_Biserica_fortificata_(4).jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022256\u0022 alt=\u0022Medias Biserica fortificata (4)\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/54\/Medias_Biserica_fortificata_%284%29.jpg\/256px-Medias_Biserica_fortificata_%284%29.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medias_Biserica_fortificata_(4).jpg\u0022\u003EAndrei kokelburg\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0 RO\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Marienturm (Mary's Tower)","seolink":"marienturm-marys-tower","note":"","history":"The tower was built over a cellar, so there are stairs leading to the entrance. It was used as a chapel during the leprosy epidemic and has frescoes inside. It is said to have been used as a torture chamber during the Reformation."},{"sightId":1966,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Pia\u0163a Castelului","mapdata":"1|1028|791","gps_lat":"46.1652066235","gps_long":"24.3519050522","religion":3,"oldtype":"4","newtype":"4","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"","picture_ref":"","name":"Lutheran Parish","seolink":"lutheran-parish","note":"It is connected to the Marienturm.","history":"It is connected to the Marienturm. It dates back to the 15th century, with the upper floor built in the 16th century. It was rebuilt in 1793.\n&\nwikipedia: Medgyes \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9szeti eml\u00e9kei|https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medgyes_%C3%A9p%C3%ADt%C3%A9szeti_eml%C3%A9kei"},{"sightId":1967,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Pia\u0163a Castelului","mapdata":"1|932|840","gps_lat":"46.1649454563","gps_long":"24.3510751490","religion":0,"oldtype":"24","newtype":"24","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022h_laca, CC BY 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medgyes_-_er%C5%91dtemplom_-_Szab%C3%B3-torony_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022256\u0022 alt=\u0022Medgyes - er\u0151dtemplom - Szab\u00f3-torony - panoramio\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/05\/Medgyes_-_er%C5%91dtemplom_-_Szab%C3%B3-torony_-_panoramio.jpg\/256px-Medgyes_-_er%C5%91dtemplom_-_Szab%C3%B3-torony_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medgyes_-_er%C5%91dtemplom_-_Szab%C3%B3-torony_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003Eh_laca\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY 3.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Schneiderturm (Tailor's Tower)","seolink":"schneiderturm-tailors-tower","note":"","history":"The tower was tended by a guild of tailors.Its the upper floor has a series of pouring holes from which hot water or oil could be poured down the necks of besiegers. In 1616, part of it was incorporated into the old town hall."},{"sightId":1968,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Pia\u0163a Castelului","mapdata":"1|906|793","gps_lat":"46.1652470291","gps_long":"24.3508397352","religion":0,"oldtype":"24,13","newtype":"24, 13","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022h_laca, CC BY 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medgyes_-_er%C5%91dtemplom_-_a_Trombit%C3%A1s_%C3%A9s_a_harangtorony_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022256\u0022 alt=\u0022Medgyes - er\u0151dtemplom - a Trombit\u00e1s \u00e9s a harangtorony - panoramio\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/de\/Medgyes_-_er%C5%91dtemplom_-_a_Trombit%C3%A1s_%C3%A9s_a_harangtorony_-_panoramio.jpg\/256px-Medgyes_-_er%C5%91dtemplom_-_a_Trombit%C3%A1s_%C3%A9s_a_harangtorony_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medgyes_-_er%C5%91dtemplom_-_a_Trombit%C3%A1s_%C3%A9s_a_harangtorony_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003Eh_laca\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY 3.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Glockenturm (Bell Tower, Gate Tower)","seolink":"glockenturm-bell-tower-gate-tower","note":"","history":"The first floor of the castle's gate tower houses the church bells, the oldest of which was cast in 1449. The tower dates back to the 15th century and was modified in 1695 and 1796.\n&\nwikipedia: Medgyes \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9szeti eml\u00e9kei|https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medgyes_%C3%A9p%C3%ADt%C3%A9szeti_eml%C3%A9kei"},{"sightId":1969,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"Turnul Steingasser","address":"Strada Johannes Honterus","mapdata":"1|808|225","gps_lat":"46.1686189217","gps_long":"24.3500361492","religion":0,"oldtype":"24","newtype":"24","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Pudelek (Marcin Szala), CC BY-SA 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Media%C5%9F_(Mediasch,_Medgyes)_-_wall_tower.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022256\u0022 alt=\u0022Media\u015f (Mediasch, Medgyes) - wall tower\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/62\/Media%C5%9F_%28Mediasch%2C_Medgyes%29_-_wall_tower.jpg\/256px-Media%C5%9F_%28Mediasch%2C_Medgyes%29_-_wall_tower.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Media%C5%9F_(Mediasch,_Medgyes)_-_wall_tower.jpg\u0022\u003EPudelek (Marcin Szala)\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Steing\u00e4sser Tower, Tower of the paved alley","seolink":"steingasser-tower-tower-of-the-paved-alley","note":"","history":"The tower was built between 1507 and 1534, and it was originally protected by a barbican. It was the tower of the gate leading to Dics\u0151szentm\u00e1rton. It was in the care of masons and stone carvers. In 1705 it was damaged by the kuruc insurgents during the Hungarian War of Independence led by R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Ferenc II. It was restored in 1745 in Baroque style.\n&\nwikipedia: Medgyes \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9szeti eml\u00e9kei|https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medgyes_%C3%A9p%C3%ADt%C3%A9szeti_eml%C3%A9kei"},{"sightId":1970,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"Bastionul Cu\u0163itarilor","address":"Strada Dup\u0103 Zid","mapdata":"1|1068|69","gps_lat":"46.1695558744","gps_long":"24.3522324717","religion":0,"oldtype":"24","newtype":"24","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Andrei kokelburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medias_fortificatiile_(3).jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Medias fortificatiile (3)\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/1c\/Medias_fortificatiile_%283%29.jpg\/512px-Medias_fortificatiile_%283%29.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medias_fortificatiile_(3).jpg\u0022\u003EAndrei kokelburg\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0 RO\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Messerschmiedturm (Cutler's Bastion)","seolink":"messerschmiedturm-cutlers-bastion","note":"","history":"The round bastion was built in the mid-16th century.\n&\nwikipedia: Medgyes \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9szeti eml\u00e9kei|https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medgyes_%C3%A9p%C3%ADt%C3%A9szeti_eml%C3%A9kei"},{"sightId":1971,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"Turnul rotarilor","address":"Strada Dup\u0103 Zid","mapdata":"1|1267|335","gps_lat":"46.1679410321","gps_long":"24.3539909255","religion":0,"oldtype":"24","newtype":"24","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Andrei kokelburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medias_fortificatiile_(1).jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Medias fortificatiile (1)\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/44\/Medias_fortificatiile_%281%29.jpg\/512px-Medias_fortificatiile_%281%29.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medias_fortificatiile_(1).jpg\u0022\u003EAndrei kokelburg\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0 RO\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Wagnerturm (Wheelmaker's Tower)","seolink":"wagnerturm-wheelmakers-tower","note":"","history":"The tower was built between 1480 and 1534. It was converted into a dwelling by filling in the loopholes."},{"sightId":1972,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"Turnul Fierarilor","address":"Strada Ghe\u0163ii 1","mapdata":"1|1499|988","gps_lat":"46.1640936884","gps_long":"24.3559791695","religion":0,"oldtype":"24","newtype":"24","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"","picture_ref":"","name":"Goldschmiedg\u00e4sserturm (Goldsmith's Tower)","seolink":"goldschmiedgasserturm-goldsmiths-tower","note":"","history":"The tower was built in the 16th century in Baroque style over the Mill Canal, which brought the waters of the Mosna to the town. It was rebuilt in 1641. A gate was opened in the wall next to it around 1800.\n&\nwikipedia: Medgyes \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9szeti eml\u00e9kei|https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medgyes_%C3%A9p%C3%ADt%C3%A9szeti_eml%C3%A9kei"},{"sightId":1973,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"","mapdata":"1|1502|1190","gps_lat":"46.1628988703","gps_long":"24.3559400698","religion":0,"oldtype":"24","newtype":"24","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"","picture_ref":"","name":"K\u00fcrschnerbastei (Furrier's Bastion)","seolink":"kurschnerbastei-furriers-bastion","note":"","history":"It was built in the 16th century or 1633.\n&\nwikipedia: Medgyes \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9szeti eml\u00e9kei|https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medgyes_%C3%A9p%C3%ADt%C3%A9szeti_eml%C3%A9kei"},{"sightId":1974,"townId":76,"active":2,"name_LO":"Turnul Forkesch","address":"Strada Nicolae Iorga 15","mapdata":"1|1373|1288","gps_lat":"46.1622067986","gps_long":"24.3547679229","religion":0,"oldtype":"24","newtype":"24","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022h_laca, CC BY 3.0 \u003Chttps:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medgyes_-_belv%C3%A1ros_-_Forkesch-kaputorony_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Medgyes - belv\u00e1ros - Forkesch-kaputorony - panoramio\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c3\/Medgyes_-_belv%C3%A1ros_-_Forkesch-kaputorony_-_panoramio.jpg\/512px-Medgyes_-_belv%C3%A1ros_-_Forkesch-kaputorony_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medgyes_-_belv%C3%A1ros_-_Forkesch-kaputorony_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003Eh_laca\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY 3.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Forkesch Gate Tower, Farkas Street Tower","seolink":"forkesch-gate-tower-farkas-street-tower","note":"","history":"The three-storey tower was built between 1494 and 1534. It was once the southern gate tower of the town. It takes its name from the former Furkeschdorf (Farkastelke). It took its present form in 1635. It had a clock until 1800. It was one of the three main towers of the defence system. There was a barbican in front of it, which was demolished in 1912. \n&\nwikipedia: Medgyes \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9szeti eml\u00e9kei|https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medgyes_%C3%A9p%C3%ADt%C3%A9szeti_eml%C3%A9kei"},{"sightId":1975,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"Cetatea Media\u0219","address":"","mapdata":"1|1436|1238","gps_lat":"46.1626665877","gps_long":"24.3554862551","religion":0,"oldtype":"24","newtype":"24","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Andrei kokelburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medias_Fortificatiile_orasului_(2).JPG\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022256\u0022 alt=\u0022Medias Fortificatiile orasului (2)\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/bc\/Medias_Fortificatiile_orasului_%282%29.JPG\/256px-Medias_Fortificatiile_orasului_%282%29.JPG\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medias_Fortificatiile_orasului_(2).JPG\u0022\u003EAndrei kokelburg\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0 RO\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Town Walls","seolink":"town-walls","note":"","history":"The town wall, which is still 1485 metres long, has several towers, the most interesting being the Forkesch gate tower in the south and the Steing\u00e4sser tower in the north."},{"sightId":1976,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"Scoala Piaristilor","address":"Pia\u0163a Regele Ferdinand I Piata Regele Ferdinand 13","mapdata":"1|830|1093","gps_lat":"46.1634454762","gps_long":"24.3501498475","religion":0,"oldtype":"74","newtype":"120","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"","picture_ref":"","name":"Former Piarist Grammar School","seolink":"former-piarist-grammar-school","note":"","history":"Built in 1736 in Baroque style, it was the school (grammar school) of the Piarist order until 1790. It was closed due to the measures taken by Emperor Joseph II against monastic orders. In 1794 it was bought by the entrepreneur Guggenberger."},{"sightId":1977,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"Casa Memoriala Stephan Ludwig Roth","address":"Strada Johannes Honterus 10","mapdata":"1|879|545","gps_lat":"46.1666375756","gps_long":"24.3506147732","religion":3,"oldtype":"4","newtype":"98","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022\u021aetcu Mircea Rare\u0219, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:RO_SB_Medias_Johannes_Honterus_10_(8).jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022RO SB Medias Johannes Honterus 10 (8)\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/2d\/RO_SB_Medias_Johannes_Honterus_10_%288%29.jpg\/512px-RO_SB_Medias_Johannes_Honterus_10_%288%29.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:RO_SB_Medias_Johannes_Honterus_10_(8).jpg\u0022\u003E\u021aetcu Mircea Rare\u0219\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 4.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Stephan Ludwig Roth Memorial House","seolink":"stephan-ludwig-roth-memorial-house","note":"","history":"Stephan Ludwig Roth was born in 1796 in this former vicarage, built in 1713 on 15th century foundations. During the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848-49, Roth sided with the Habsburg oppressors and the Vlach rebels who supported them, and was executed for his treason. 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In front of the house, a bronze statue of a rocket was erected. Oberth was a pioneer of rocket science. Between 1941 and 1943 he worked at the Peenem\u00fcnde base, where he helped develop the V-2 rocket. From 1954 he worked in the United States, working alongside his former student von Braun. He is credited with the Oberth effect, the idea of rockets and spacecraft operating with higher efficiency at higher speeds. This is why they are launched at an acceleration that humans can tolerate in order to save fuel."},{"sightId":1979,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"","mapdata":"1|1258|1385","gps_lat":"46.1618366544","gps_long":"24.3540200135","religion":0,"oldtype":"21","newtype":"120","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"","picture_ref":"","name":"Former Hussar Barracks","seolink":"former-hussar-barracks","note":"","history":"The barracks was built by the town in 1804-05. After the Hussars left the town, from 1908 it became the dormitory of the Lutheran Grammar School, and today it houses the workshops of the National School Centre for the Gas Industry. \n&\nwikipedia: Medgyes \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9szeti eml\u00e9kei|https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medgyes_%C3%A9p%C3%ADt%C3%A9szeti_eml%C3%A9kei"},{"sightId":1980,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"\u015ecoala Mihai Eminescu","address":"Strada Mihai Viteazul 10","mapdata":"1|1290|503","gps_lat":"46.1669569764","gps_long":"24.3540603828","religion":0,"oldtype":"74","newtype":"74","homepage":"http:\/\/www.scoalaeminescumedias.ro\/","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"","picture_ref":"","name":"Former Hungarian Royal State Elementary School","seolink":"former-hungarian-royal-state-elementary-school","note":"","history":"The school was built between 1894-95 next to the Officers' Casino. Today it is the Romanian-language Eminescu Primary School.\n&\nwikipedia: Medgyes \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9szeti eml\u00e9kei|https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medgyes_%C3%A9p%C3%ADt%C3%A9szeti_eml%C3%A9kei"},{"sightId":1981,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"Casa Schuller","address":"Pia\u0163a Regele Ferdinand I 25","mapdata":"1|1024|918","gps_lat":"46.1644846695","gps_long":"24.3518440216","religion":0,"oldtype":"50,80,82","newtype":"16","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Michal Gorski, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Centru_Istoric,_Media%C8%99,_Romania_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Centru Istoric, Media\u0219, Romania - panoramio\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/67\/Centru_Istoric%2C_Media%C8%99%2C_Romania_-_panoramio.jpg\/512px-Centru_Istoric%2C_Media%C8%99%2C_Romania_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Centru_Istoric,_Media%C8%99,_Romania_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003EMichal Gorski\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Schuller House","seolink":"schuller-house","note":"","history":"One of the most important Renaissance burgher houses in Transylvania. According to sources, it was built in 1588, but this is contradicted by the fact that the chief magistrate Johannes Schuller died in 1586. It was later used as an inn and was the place where several princes of Transylvania stayed when they were passing through Medgyes. Among others, Prince B\u00e1thori Zsigmond stayed there during a country assembly. Later it was used by descendants of the Schuller family, and later as an inn. It is now the municipal headquarters of the German Democratic Forum of Romania.\n&\nwikipedia: Medgyes \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9szeti eml\u00e9kei|https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medgyes_%C3%A9p%C3%ADt%C3%A9szeti_eml%C3%A9kei"},{"sightId":1982,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"","mapdata":"1|964|856","gps_lat":"46.1648801847","gps_long":"24.3513725142","religion":0,"oldtype":"12,74","newtype":"120","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022CristianChirita, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Centrul_Istoric_Medias_IMG_3078_02.JPG\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Centrul Istoric Medias IMG 3078 02\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/2b\/Centrul_Istoric_Medias_IMG_3078_02.JPG\/512px-Centrul_Istoric_Medias_IMG_3078_02.JPG\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Centrul_Istoric_Medias_IMG_3078_02.JPG\u0022\u003ECristianChirita\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Old Town Hall","seolink":"old-town-hall","note":"","history":"The building already existed in 1583. Its two-storey cellar was once used as a prison. It was renovated in 1803. When the new town hall was built, the town's new grammar school moved in.\n&\nwwelcometoromania.eu: Medgyes, R\u00e9gi v\u00e1rosh\u00e1za|https:\/\/www.welcometoromania.eu\/Medias\/Medias_Vechea_Primarie_m.htm"},{"sightId":1983,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"Liceul Teoretic Stephan Ludwig Roth","address":"Pia\u021ba George Enescu 7","mapdata":"1|929|689","gps_lat":"46.1658704216","gps_long":"24.3508860859","religion":0,"oldtype":"74","newtype":"74","homepage":"https:\/\/www.liceulroth.ro\/","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022jeffwarder, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medias_-_Stephan_Ludwig_Roth_Highschool_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Medias - Stephan Ludwig Roth Highschool - panoramio\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/c0\/Medias_-_Stephan_Ludwig_Roth_Highschool_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Medias_-_Stephan_Ludwig_Roth_Highschool_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003Ejeffwarder\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Former Saxon Lutheran Grammar School","seolink":"former-saxon-lutheran-grammar-school","note":"","history":"Former Saxon Lutheran high school building. It was built in Art Nouveau style between 1910-12. It was designed by architect Fritz Balthes and built with a grant of 534,000 crowns from the Hungarian state. The ceremonial hall is decorated with wall paintings by Hans Hermann.\n&\nwikipedia: Medgyes \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9szeti eml\u00e9kei|https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medgyes_%C3%A9p%C3%ADt%C3%A9szeti_eml%C3%A9kei"},{"sightId":1984,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"Judec\u0103toria ","address":"","mapdata":"1|1215|1491","gps_lat":"46.1610120646","gps_long":"24.3533939388","religion":0,"oldtype":"17","newtype":"17","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"","picture_ref":"","name":"Former Hungarian Royal District Court","seolink":"former-hungarian-royal-district-court","note":"","history":"The court building was built in 1907 according to the design of Simon Norbert. He also designed the county hospital.\n&\nwikipedia: Medgyes \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9szeti eml\u00e9kei|https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medgyes_%C3%A9p%C3%ADt%C3%A9szeti_eml%C3%A9kei"},{"sightId":1985,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"\u015ecoala Clasele I-VIII Istvan Bathory","address":"Strada Mihai Viteazul 48","mapdata":"1|1020|159","gps_lat":"46.1690243432","gps_long":"24.3517849812","religion":1,"oldtype":"74","newtype":"74","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"","picture_ref":"","name":"Former Roman Catholic School, B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n Hungarian Primary School","seolink":"former-roman-catholic-school-bathory-istvan-hungarian-primary-school","note":"","history":"It was built in 1909 as a Roman Catholic denominational school. Between 1990 and 2006 it was the only Hungarian school in the town, called B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n Elementary School. The old building, built in 1909, was demolished after 2006. In its place, the new building of the B\u00e1thory school was inaugurated on 26 October 2010. The building of the Hungarian State Elementary School was erected between 1894 and 1895 and is now occupied by the Romanian Eminescu Elementary School.\n&\nwikipedia: Medgyes \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9szeti eml\u00e9kei|https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medgyes_%C3%A9p%C3%ADt%C3%A9szeti_eml%C3%A9kei"},{"sightId":1986,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"Sinagoga","address":"Strada Mihail Kog\u0103lniceanu 43","mapdata":"1|951|1477","gps_lat":"46.1612626710","gps_long":"24.3512155072","religion":6,"oldtype":"8","newtype":"121","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Pudelek (Marcin Szala), CC BY-SA 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Synagogue_in_Media%C5%9F_(Mediasch,_Medgyes).JPG\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Synagogue in Media\u015f (Mediasch, Medgyes)\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a1\/Synagogue_in_Media%C5%9F_%28Mediasch%2C_Medgyes%29.JPG\/512px-Synagogue_in_Media%C5%9F_%28Mediasch%2C_Medgyes%29.JPG\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Synagogue_in_Media%C5%9F_(Mediasch,_Medgyes).JPG\u0022\u003EPudelek (Marcin Szala)\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Synagogue","seolink":"synagogue","note":"","history":"Built between 1893-94."},{"sightId":1987,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"Scara Acoperit\u0103","address":"","mapdata":"1|977|874","gps_lat":"46.1648059566","gps_long":"24.3514998607","religion":0,"oldtype":"27","newtype":"27","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"","picture_ref":"","name":"Covered Stairway","seolink":"covered-stairway","note":"","history":"The covered staircase was built in 1803 during the renovation of the town hall. It created a second entrance to the castle, linking it with the present King Ferdinand Square.\n&\nwwelcometoromania.eu: Medgyes, Fedett l\u00e9pcs\u0151|https:\/\/www.welcometoromania.eu\/Medias\/Medias_Scara_acoperita_m.htm"},{"sightId":1988,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Pia\u0163a Regele Ferdinand I 14","mapdata":"1|812|1065","gps_lat":"46.1636026768","gps_long":"24.3500186254","religion":0,"oldtype":"53,72","newtype":"53","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Mihai Andrei, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Casa_Schuster_Dutz.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022256\u0022 alt=\u0022Casa Schuster Dutz\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/63\/Casa_Schuster_Dutz.jpg\/256px-Casa_Schuster_Dutz.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Casa_Schuster_Dutz.jpg\u0022\u003EMihai Andrei\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 4.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Gustav Schuster-Dutz House","seolink":"gustav-schuster-dutz-house","note":"","history":"The house of the famous Saxon poet was built in 1690. It was renovated in 1813. A memorial plaque to the poet was placed on its walls. A pharmacy operated in one of its rooms between 1783 and 1900.\n&\nwwelcometoromania.eu: Medgyes, Gustav Schuster - Dutz h\u00e1z|https:\/\/www.welcometoromania.eu\/Medias\/Medias_Schuster_Dutz_m.htm"},{"sightId":1989,"townId":76,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Str. Turnului 2","mapdata":"1|795|823","gps_lat":"46.1650713724","gps_long":"24.3499001101","religion":0,"oldtype":"53","newtype":"53","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"","picture_ref":"","name":"Hann House","seolink":"hann-house","note":"","history":"The house of Mayor Peter Hann was built in 1617. It remained in the property of the family until the 18th century. 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