Sighișoara
Mureș County · Romania
Sighișoara is a city in Romania.
Elevation: about 380 m above sea level. Population: 23,927 (2021).
Here and nearby on the site: 1 sight.
Facts: Wikidata, OpenStreetMap. More on Wikipedia
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ArchitectureHistoric Centre of Sighișoara: a living medieval citadel (UNESCO)Sighișoaraunder 1 km from the centreSighișoara (German Schäßburg, Hungarian Segesvár) is a small town on the Târnava Mare river in Transylvania, and its upper town — the citadel on the hill — is one of...
ChurchSaschiz Fortified Church: clock tower and UNESCO siteSaschiz13 km from the centreThe fortified Evangelical Church of St Stephen in the village of Saschiz (German Keisd, Hungarian Szászkézd) stands right by the road between Brașov and Sighișoara, so...
ChurchMălâncrav Church: 14th-century Gothic frescoesMălâncrav17 km from the centreThe village of Mălâncrav (German: Malmkrog, Hungarian: Almakerék) lies in a quiet valley among the hills of the Transylvanian Plateau, in the commune of Laslea, about...Getting there from Ukraine
Border crossings
- Porubne – Siret — road and pedestrian, 24/7
- Diakivtsi – Racovăț — road and pedestrian, 24/7 No freight traffic.
- Krasnoilsk – Vicovu de Sus — road and pedestrian, 08:00–20:00 Cars up to 3.5 t and pedestrians only; not 24/7.
- Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației — road and pedestrian, 24/7 Passenger traffic only: vehicles up to 3.5 t with up to 9 seats, pedestrians.
- Diakove – Halmeu — road, 24/7 No pedestrian crossing.
By car
Rakhiv – Sibiu ≈390 km, ≈5 h 33 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației); Ivano-Frankivsk – Sibiu ≈524 km, ≈7 h 52 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației); Chernivtsi – Sibiu ≈435 km, ≈8 h 00 min (via Diakivtsi – Racovăț). Times without border queues, our road routing (GraphHopper, OSM).
Checked 03.11.2026; border crossing hours and timetables change — check before you travel.
