Fortified Church Homorod

Altar and organ form one unit. The organ prospect is decorated with foliage and four figures of angels. The main image of the altar is a crucifixion flanked by columns, with wooden sculptures of Peter and Paul on the sides. Above the main image is an inscription of religious content with the date 1794. The baroque organ, built by Andreas Eitel (Brasov), bears the date 1793. It has manual, pedal and 10 stops.

In the choir are preserved fragments of wall paintings. Three superimposed layers from different stylistic periods can be identified : the oldest layer dates back to the 13th century. In the concha of the apse there is Christ in the mandorla, surrounded by the evangelist symbols, below a frieze of apostles under arcades with cloverleaf ending, in between slender brick-covered turrets. Of the later paintings, a depiction of the Man of Sorrows and an angel with a banner can be seen. This layer is covered by a crucifixion, which can be dated to the first half of the 15th century.

Above the choir there is a mighty eight-story tower built, the keep of the fortified church. The tower has a side length of 11m. The thickness of the wall is 3 m at the base of the tower and 2 m on the fourth floor. The second floor of the tower receives a cross vault. The walls receive long, narrow firing slits. In the northern side extension of the tower, there is a Gothic round-arched portal set in house stone with a reveal consisting of three round bars between two fillets. The tower has embrasures and a wooden battlements.

The church is surrounded by a double ring of walls in the shape of a rectangle in the 15th century. The inner ring wall has a height between 7 and 8 meters. Towers with pitch embrasures and square ground plan are placed in the four corners. They have inward sloping monopitch roofs. There are two break-offs preserved. The outer wall has no towers. It enclosed the Zwinger, where cattle were herded during sieges. The circular walls have loopholes and casting holes. On the north and east side the battlements are preserved.