Saschiz

Saschiz (Keisd or Hünenburg; Szászkézd, Hungarian pronunciation: ; Transylvanian Saxon: Keist) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cloașterf, Mihai Viteazu (Zoltan until 1932), 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. The route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail passes through both Saschiz and Cloașterf.

Names
Like many locations in Transylvania, the component villages have names in the languages spoke historically in the area:

Demographics
It has a population of 2,048: 88 percent Romanians, 5 percent Germans (more specifically Transylvanian Saxons), 4 percent Hungarians, and 3 percent Roma.

Natives

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