Șura Mare

Șura Mare (German: Großscheuern; Hungarian: Nagycsűr) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Hamba and Șura Mare. Both of these have fortified churches. Șura Mare was first mentioned in 1332, and Hamba in 1337.[2]

In Romanian	In German	In Hungarian
Hamba	Hahnbach	Kakasfalva
Șura Mare	Großscheuern	Nagycsűr

Șura Mare
Commune
Location in Sibiu County
Șura Mare Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°51′N 24°10′E
Country	Romania
County	Sibiu
Population  (2011)[1]	3,769
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.	SB

The church in Șura Mare is a three-apse basilica. It was built in the 13th century (the tower is from around 1300), and fortified in 1495, apparently as a response to Ottoman attacks in 1493. The Romanesque basilica in Hamba was built in the 13th century, however, only fragments of the tower survived. The current building originates from the beginning of the 16th century.[2]

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  Fortified church of Șura Mare
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  Fortified church of Hamba

References

1. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
2. Fabini, Hermann (2015). The Church-fortresses of the Transylvanan Saxons. Sibiu: MonuMenta. pp. 123–124. ISBN 978-973-7969-19-4.