Hill Church

And, at the very top of the Hill, 176 steps up from the main square, stands what we thought was Sighisoara's most interesting sight, the Church on the Hill

Thankfully, the 176 stair-case is covered, as

are others in Sighisoara

Another wall tower by the church; now

someone's residence

The church building is of uncertain age; some say 15th,

some say earlier, maybe 13th; as part of the German

community, much of its artwork came from Germany,

including Stoss' wood-carving shop in Nuremburg;

when Saxony went Protestant in the 16th century, so did this

church

View from nave; everything is, if not

original, very old

Altar

The church was re-done in the 1700s, many of these

frescoes were white-washed or plastered over;

re-discovered and un-re-done recently; they date

from the early 1400s

More St. George and the Dragon

The large, old German cemetery adjoins the church, sort of

a boot hill; I searched for Scheraus's but found none