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Tavan - Ceiling

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

Work is nearing to an end inside the house, as you can see with these pictures Laurian sent us last week.  The restored ceiling in the upstairs landing area has been done very professionally, with the new and old placed very sympathetically together.  You wouldn’t think the new cross planks were new.  The chandelier looks […]

Soba din Biertan - Our new tiled wood heater in Biertan

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

After a whole year of waiting, our new soba in Biertan has finally been constructed, and what a beauty it is!  Even though we had the tiles made last year, it took a long time to find someone with the right skills to put the soba together.  In the end we had to pay quite […]

Our beautiful facade

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

We have finally got round to repairing the facade of the house in Biertan.  This was an important job which only a few skilled people can do.  Again, we relied on the Fundaţia Mihai Eminescu to put us in touch with the right people with the right skills.  In this case, they put us in touch with a […]

Sachsentreffen 2008 - Birthälm

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Some pics from this year’s drizzle sodden Sachsentreffen in Biertan….

New doors

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Most of the new doors and door frames made by Domnul Căpăţînă have now been taken to Biertan and installed. 
What is so beautiful about them is that the old Saxon locks we had repaired look really good fitted onto them.  The house only had the main door left whilst all other doors had been taken […]

As we walked out one Spring morning - Biertan (Birthälm) to Dupuş (Tobsdorf)

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Spring has kind of arrived in Biertan…. 
Whilst the cherries are red and starting to ripen down in Oltenia, things are only just hotting up in Siebenbürgen.  House stuff, as ever, took up a lot of our time, but being there for two weeks meant we had some time to ourselves as well. 
One day, in early May, we […]

Biertan is nearly finished

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

A long-awaited visit to our house in Biertan in March 2008!
 The best written renovation plans still need occasional tweaking and updating so, on March 8th, we flew back to Transylvania to ensure things were still on track.  Laurian, our builder, had a number of questions that needed clearing up.  The renovation is moving at a […]

Count who? Times article on Transylvania - 3rd February 2008

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Story of a Transylvanian Saxon from Biertan

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

The Transylvanian Saxons of Romania are nearly all but gone from the country, driven out by war, communism and finally the opportunity to leave Romania in 1990 for a new life in the old homeland of Germany. Their distinctive architecture is nearly all that remains of their unique cultural heritage. Here, the story of one […]

Fortress churches and walks in the hills around Biertan

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

 
Biertan is probably the most famous of all of the Saxon fortified churches in Transylvania, but it is by no means the only one.  There are around 200 in the surrounding countryside of Saxon Transylvania, and even beyond into Hungarian/Szekely Transylvania. 
This page announces walking opportunities between the fortified churches in the villages immediately surrounding Biertan. 
Biertan […]

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