Definitely worth a visit if you’re in the region. The setting is very beautiful and it’s fun to explore the church and the surrounding walls and towers. The church had an impressive polyptic on the altar. 1 hour max needed. There’s paid parking just below in the main square (you can’t miss it as you drive into town).

My wife and I visited this well preserved fortified church. While the church itself has a lot of things to see, I think it is very worthwhile to see it with a guide to get a better understanding. Luckily, our guide also had a great sense of humor that made it even more enjoyable. The Biertan fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Sibiu County, in the Transylvania region of Romania. It was built by the ethnic German Transylvanian Saxon community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary. Briefly Roman Catholic, it became Evangelical Lutheran following the Reformation. Together with the surrounding village, the church forms part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site. The two best things to see are the prison for unhappy couples and the Catholic Tower. In the first, couples were put in this single room with one bed and one table and had to stay here until they worked things out. The Catholic Tower is where people who still considered themselves Catholic were put until they changed their mind. That's one way to convert people. All in all, an interesting place to visit to little Biertan.

Larger and more expansive than the other fortified churches. This complex boasts a couple of curtain walls and a fine church in the middle. Interesting features abound including an interesting medieval doorway and impressive alterpieces.