Ruine
FeldioaraThe main settlement of the Teutonic Order was founded and prospered at the beginning of the 13th century. Eastwards of the village stand the ruins of the fortress of the Teutonic Orders. An oval ring of walls up to 4 m thick and 6-7 m high is built on a 20 m high mountain plateau. The wall is built of quarry and river stone and equipped with embrasures and pitch embrasures. The ring is reinforced by four towers. The best preserved is the west tower. The castle corresponds in its substance to a castle of the 16th century and has unfortunately been severely damaged by heavy renovation in Disneyland style. However, besides the fortified church, it is one of the only testimonies of the Teutonic Knights who ruled over the Brasov region on their way from the Holy Land to East Prussia under Hermann of Salza in Transylvania from 1211 to 1225. The Castle can be visited Monday: 11:00 - 17:00, Tuesday - Friday: 09:00 - 17:00 and Saturday-Sunday: 09:00 - 18:00
Feldioara Primary +40/268/708/237
Ruine
FeldioaraThe main settlement of the Teutonic Order was founded and prospered at the beginning of the 13th century. Eastwards of the village stand the ruins of the fortress of the Teutonic Orders. An oval ring of walls up to 4 m thick and 6-7 m high is built on a 20 m high mountain plateau. The wall is built of quarry and river stone and equipped with embrasures and pitch embrasures. The ring is reinforced by four towers. The best preserved is the west tower. The castle corresponds in its substance to a castle of the 16th century and has unfortunately been severely damaged by heavy renovation in Disneyland style. However, besides the fortified church, it is one of the only testimonies of the Teutonic Knights who ruled over the Brasov region on their way from the Holy Land to East Prussia under Hermann of Salza in Transylvania from 1211 to 1225. The Castle can be visited Monday: 11:00 - 17:00, Tuesday - Friday: 09:00 - 17:00 and Saturday-Sunday: 09:00 - 18:00
Feldioara Primary +40/268/708/237
It cannot be said with certainty that this is the Teutonic Order Castle. There have been two castles throughout history: the church castle, which was built as an earthen castle by the German knights between 1211 and 1224, and the peasant castle, which is now described as Teutonic Order Castle. There is a thesis that originally a Romanesque chapel was built on the site of today's choir of the fortified church, to which the Order House adjoined in the west. Excavations have shown that the farmer's castle, which today shows characteristics of the 15th century, had three or even four predecessor buildings, possibly also the Teutonic Order Castle.
A document from 1420 mentions the city walls of Feldioara to be erected and completed. Remains of these walls are preserved in the south of the castle on the slope towards the river.
| 1211 | King Andreas II summoned the Teutonic Order to Transylvania for the purpose of border defense and Christian missions. From now on, the Țara Bârsei/Burzenland was ruled from Feldioara. |
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| 1226 | In February, a messenger from the Teutonic Order in Rome reported that they had evacuated Țara Bârsei/Burzenland. |
| 1240 | King Béla IV gives the Cistercian Order the patronage and the income of some churches in Țara Bârsei/Burzenland, namely Feldioara and three other villages. This is the first documented mention of Feldioara. |
| 1377 | A royal privilege shows that Feldioara and the other 12 free communities of the Țara Bârsei/Burzenland form a judicial and administrative unit with Brasov. |
| 1379 | King Ludwig grants the Saxons of Feldioara the right to hold a market in every Thursday of the week. |
| 1380 | King Ludwig grants Feldioara the right of asylum for the space within the wall around the church. This is one of the only mentions of church asylum in Transylvania. |
| 1400-1500 | The present castle has features of the 15th century, there were three or even four predecessor buildings. |
| 1413 | În Feldioara există un spital de leproși și o infirmieră. |
| 1432 | Feldioara suffers great damage from a Turkish invasion. |
| 1510 | In the village 158 families, 12 widows, 6 poor widows, 9 poor landlords, 13 shepherds and 2 millers are living. Two houses are deserted. |
| 1553 | Plague epidemic. |
| 1599-1600 | Troops of Michael the Brave burn Feldioara down several times. |
| 1611 | During the fighting between Prince Gabriel Báthori and the Wallachian voivode Radu Şerban, Feldioara was burned down. |
| 1612 | Battle of Feldioara between Brasov's troops and those of Prince Gabriel Báthori. The Brasov army is defeated by the betrayal of the mercenary troops. 300 Saxon citizens and farmers and 39 students from Brasov high school perish. |
| 1658 | Feldioara and other Țara Bârsei/Burzenland villages are burned down by the Turks and their followers. |
| 1672 | In the village 41 families, 13 settlers and 8 widows are living. |
| 1690 | Imperial troops burn the village. |
| 1718-1719 | In the village, 377 inhabitants die of the plague. 70 houses are empty. |
| 1838 | An earthquake causes destruction to the castle. |
| 2012 | The castle was "restored" resp. newly built. The current state in the Disneyland style is a symbol of our time. |
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