Câlnic Fortified Church

It was built as a private residence ( small manor) in the 13th century by the nobleman Chyl de Kelling.This manor remained in the property of the family until 1430 when it was sold to the villagers who transformed it into a proper fortification.

The preferred solution was the fortified church, a distinctive defensive architectural model widely used by the Saxon colonists. The villagers heightened the existent fortified walls and added storage rooms on their inner part on three levels and also they continued strengthening the site, and, in the 16th century, a second fortification wall replaced the moat, while the keep tower also known as Siegfried Tower was heightened two levels.

Today, this impressive tower is a museum for ethnographic and medieval art collections. The Bell Tower is also known as Gate Tower, and if you to go up , you will have best panoramic view.