Sighișoara
Sighișoara is a city on the Tarnava River in Mures county, in the historic region of Transylvania. German craftsmen and merchants, the Transylvanian Saxons, were invited here by the King of Hungary during the 12th century to settle and defend the frontier.Photo: Bogdan Muraru, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
Photo: Blackasmodeus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Sighișoara Citadel
Photo: Paszczur01, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
The Historic Centre of Sighișoara is the old historic center of the town of Sighișoara, Romania, built in the 12th century by Saxon settlers.
Stag House
Photo: Fridolin68, CC BY-SA 4.0.
46°13′11″N 24°47′25″E / 46.2197475°N 24.790231°E Stag HouseThe Stag House is the most preserved house of Sighișoara, Romania, and it was built in the 17th century.
Tin Smiths' Tower
The Tinsmiths' Tower is one of the nine towers located in the citadel of Sighișoara, belonging…Localities in the Area
Sighișoara
- Type: Town with 32,600 residents
- Description: city in Mureș County, Romania
- Categories: municipality of Romania and locality
- Location: Municipiul Sighişoara, Mureș County, Szeklerland, Transylvania, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
46.2202° or 46° 13' 13" northLongitude
24.7934° or 24° 47' 36" eastPopulation
32,600Elevation
350 metres (1,148 feet)United Nations Location Code
RO SSAOpen Location Code
8GR66QCV+39OpenStreetMap ID
node 59722301OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
8436351Wikidata ID
Q193001Sighișoara Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Achinese: Sighişoara
- Achinese: Sighișoara
- Afrikaans: Sighișoara
- Albanian: Sighișoara
- Albanian: Sigishoara
- Arabic: سيغيشوارا
- Armenian: Սիգիշոարա
- Basque: Sighișoara
- Belarusian: Сегешвар
- Belarusian: Сігішаара
- Bengali: সিগিসোয়ারা
- Bulgarian: Сигишоара
- Catalan: Segesvár
- Catalan: Sighisoara
- Catalan: Sighişoara
- Catalan: Sighişoară
- Catalan: Sighișoara
- Cebuano: Municipiul Sighișoara
- Cebuano: Sighișoara
- Chinese: 錫吉什瓦拉
- Chinese: 锡吉什瓦拉
- Croatian: Segesvár
- Croatian: Sighişoara
- Croatian: Sighișoara
- Croatian: Sigishoara
- Croatian: Sigišoara
- Czech: Sighişoara
- Czech: Sighișoara
- Danish: Sighiosara
- Danish: Sighioşara
- Danish: Sighisoara
- Danish: Sighişoara
- Danish: Sighișoara
- Dutch: Segesvar
- Dutch: Segesvár
- Dutch: Sighisoara
- Dutch: Sighişoara
- Dutch: Sighișoara
- Egyptian Arabic: سيجيشوارا
- English: Castrum Sex
- English: Saxoburgum
- English: Schäsbrich
- English: Schäßburg
- English: Segesvar
- English: Segesvár
- English: Sighisoara
- English: Sighişoara
- English: Šesburχ
- Esperanto: Schäßburg
- Esperanto: Segesvár
- Esperanto: Segeŝvaro
- Esperanto: Sighisoara
- Esperanto: Sighişoara
- Esperanto: Sighișoara
- Esperanto: Ŝegesvaro
- Esperanto: Ŝegeŝvaro
- Estonian: Castrum Sex
- Estonian: Schäßburg
- Estonian: Segesvár
- Estonian: Sighisoara
- Estonian: Sighişoara
- Estonian: Sighișoara
- Finnish: Schässburg
- Finnish: Schäßburg
- Finnish: Sighisoara
- Finnish: Sighişoara
- Finnish: Sighișoara
- French: Centre historique de Sighisoara
- French: Segesvar
- French: Sighisoara
- French: Sighişoara
- French: Sighișoara
- French: Sighiṣoara
- Georgian: სიგიშოარა
- German: Schässburg
- German: Schäßburg
- German: Segesvar
- German: Segesvár
- German: Sighisoara
- German: Sighișoara
- Greek: Σιγκισοάρα
- Gujarati: સિઘિસોરા
- Hebrew: סיגישוארה
- Hindi: सिघिसोआरा
- Hungarian: Segesvár
- Indonesian: Schaessburg
- Indonesian: Schassburg
- Indonesian: Schässburg
- Indonesian: Schäßburg
- Indonesian: Segesvar
- Indonesian: Segesvár
- Indonesian: Sighisoara
- Indonesian: Sighişoara
- Indonesian: Sighișoara
- Irish: Sighișoara
- Italian: Schäßburg
- Italian: Segesvár
- Italian: Sighisoara
- Italian: Sighişoara
- Italian: Sighișoara
- Japanese: シギショアラ
- Kannada: ಸಿಗ್ಹಿಸೋವರ
- Korean: 시기쇼아라
- Latin: Castrum Sex
- Latin: Saxoburgum
- Latin: Schaesburgum
- Latvian: Sigišoāra
- Lithuanian: Sigišoara
- Lombard: Sighişoara
- Lombard: Sighișoara
- Lombard: Sighiṣoara
- Macedonian: Сигишоара
- Malay: Sighisoara
- Malay: Sighișoara
- Maltese: Sighisoara
- Maltese: Sighișoara
- Marathi: साईओआरा
- Minangkabau: Sighișoara
- Moksha: Сигишоара
- Mongolian: Сигишоара
- Norwegian: Sighişoara
- Norwegian: Sighișoara
- Norwegian Bokmål: Schässburg
- Norwegian Bokmål: Schäßburg
- Norwegian Bokmål: Segesvar
- Norwegian Bokmål: Segesvár
- Norwegian Bokmål: Sighisoara
- Norwegian Bokmål: Sighișoara
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Sighișoara
- Occitan (post 1500): Sighișoara
- Persian: سیگیشوآرا
- Persian: سیگیشوارا
- Polish: Sighisoara
- Polish: Sighişoara
- Polish: Sighișoara
- Polish: Sigiszoara
- Portuguese: Sighisoara
- Portuguese: Sighişoara
- Portuguese: Sighișoara
- Romanian: Sighisoara
- Romanian: Sighişoara
- Romanian: Sighișoara
- Russian: Сегешвар
- Russian: Сигишоара
- Russian: Шегешвар
- Russian: Шёсбург
- Scots: Sighișoara
- Scottish Gaelic: Sighișoara
- Serbian: Segešvar
- Serbian: Sighişoara
- Serbian: Сегешвар
- Serbian: Сигишоара
- Serbian: Шегешвар
- Serbian: Шесбург
- Serbo-Croatian: Sighişoara
- Serbo-Croatian: Sighișoara
- Sinhala: සිගිසෝරා
- Slovak: Sighisoara
- Slovak: Sighişoara
- Slovak: Sighișoara
- Slovenian: Castrum Sex
- Slovenian: Schäßburg
- Slovenian: Segesvár
- Slovenian: Sighișoara
- South Azerbaijani: سیگیشوآرا
- Spanish: Segesvar
- Spanish: Segesvár
- Spanish: Sighisoara
- Spanish: Sighişoara
- Spanish: Sighișoara
- Spanish: Şighisoara
- Spanish: Şighişoara
- Swedish: Schässburg
- Swedish: Schäßburg
- Swedish: Segesvár
- Swedish: Sighisoara
- Swedish: Sighişoara
- Swedish: Sighișoara
- Tajik: Sigișoara
- Tajik: Сигишоара
- Tamil: சிகிஸோரா
- Telugu: సిఘిసోవారా
- Thai: เซียไวรา
- Turkish: Segeşvar
- Turkish: Sighișoara
- Ukrainian: Сігішоара
- Ukrainian: Сіґішоара
- Urdu: سیگھیسوارا
- Uzbek: Sighișoara
- Vietnamese: Sighisoara
- Welsh: Sighișoara
- Wu Chinese: 锡吉什瓦拉
- Yiddish: שעסבורג
Other Places Named Sighișoara
In the Area
- AngofaHamlet, 4 km south
- RoraVillage, 4 km west
- Valea AlbeștiuluiVillage, 4½ km east
- Valea ȘapartoculuiVillage, 4½ km east
- ȘoromicleaVillage, 5 km north
- VenchiVillage, 5 km northwest
Popular Destinations in Mureș County
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Sighișoara. Photo: Blackasmodeus, CC BY-SA 3.0.