Sighisoara - was founded by German settlers (actually Franconia region of North Rhine), who had been invited to settle in Transylvania by the Hungarian king Geza II to defend the eastern borders. In this period historical people were ethnic German Saxons denum?i but true German settlers, known as "Transylvanian Saxons" have no connection with the Saxons in north-east or south-eastern Germany. These settlers get into fundus regius (royal land) and enjoy the rights and privileges.
Biertan - was first attested in 1224 and is part of the first German settlements in Transylvania Saxons, being included in the "Two Seats" (Medias and Seica) in Andreean? Diploma (Andreaneum) in 1224. City Biertan is documented in 1283, a document with the Medias and Mosna, all three localities in fierce competition to obtain the administrative center of the "Two Chairs". Thus each of the three cities tried to increase its reputation by building more imposing and ornamental sacred.
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