Churchcastle in Viscri

The museum, which was set up in the southern fortified building and parts of the warehouse floor, shows a comprehensive picture of Saxon life in Viscri with numerous historical objects, including furniture, textiles, pottery, agricultural and household implements and liturgical books. The Saxon festive costume of the village has evidently retained its shape over the centuries.

In the 13th century, the chapel and the residential tower, where the priest lived in his time, which is rather untypical, were surrounded by an oval ring wall. This wall belt has been preserved in its entirety. The wall is built of river stones and fieldstones. Over the years, the wall partially deteriorated. At the beginning of the 16th century, the ring wall was largely rebuilt and equipped with embrasures. It was also given a battlement, so that people could stand on the wall. At the entrance to the church stands the new gate tower, which has three floors, the uppermost with a wooden walkway, so that people can also stand there. A west tower and a north tower are built in front of the curtain wall. These were also built in the 16th century. In the middle of the 17th century, the four-floor west tower with a square ground plan and pyramid roof was built. The architects of the west tower were David Zako, Stephan Schullerus and Michael Falschessel. In the 18th century, the church was surrounded by a second belt of walls.