Bunești, Brașov

Bunești (formerly Bundorf; German: Bodendorf; Hungarian: Szászbuda) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania.

The first documentation of Viscri is a record of church taxes dated around 1400, in which the village is referred to as being part of the Rupea parish.

To this day, the church is surrounded by a cemetery with gravestones dating back to the "Bijelo Brdo culture".

In 2006, the Prince of Wales bought and restored two 18th century Saxon houses in the Transylvanian villages of Mălâncrav and Viscri to help protect the unique way of life that has existed for hundreds of years and promote sustainable tourism.

The renovation of these buildings has helped provide a sustainable future for the people of rural Transylvania while also enabling residents to maintain their traditional way of life.

The Transylvanian Saxon Evangelical Lutheran fortified church of Viscri/Weisskirch (or Deutsch-Weisskirch) by Hermann and Alida Fabini (sketch published in 1991).
A brief footage of the fortified church of Viscri/Weisskirch, as seen from above.