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Harman – A Small Part of Brasov’s Culture
The Harman village was first historically acknowledged in a document dating from around year 1240 and in 1377 the nearby land was donated to the cistercian monks, but it was still under the jurisdiction of Brasov city. In 1445, the same piece of land was inherited by the Saint Bartholomew church, that owned it till the beginning of the 19th century, when the industrial development lead to an intensive agricultural exploitation.
After 1918, the economical expansion of Brasov leads to an accelerated growth of industrial plants and after 1945 the working force from nearby communities was absorbed by the Harman settlement. The Harman citadel dates from the 13th century, when the original church was built by Saxons, the population being mostly Saxon.
In the 13th century, the locals built a church surrounded by walls, following the design of other local Saxon fortresses nearby. The church is surrounded by tall walls, with 7 defense towers. Over the years, the locals have renovated and adapted the fortress to their needs. The northern chapel was renovated in the 15th century and it has a very impressive architecture, that combines Renaissance elements from the first period of the construction with gothic elements from the 16th century.
The exterior decorations are sculpted in stone and shaped like human faces. At the inside of the church there are still wooden benches made in the 16th century. The organ and the altar were renovated afterwards, thanks to the contribution of Polish king Carol the 12th. The massive tower on the western side was built in the 14th century. Today the citadel is a museum and it's included in the touristic routes.
The church-fortress in Harman was initially built following the Roman style in the 12th century. Its main wall is shaped like an oval, reminding of the evangelic church in Prejmer and being 12 metres tall and defended by 7 towers, some of them featuring crevases for pouring hot tar over siegers. In 1552 the Moldavian ruler Stefan Tomsa sieged the fortress Harman, without success.
Harman is in the region of Tara Barsei, 10 km from Brasov and it's also known as Honigberg in German, Hoenschbrich in Sas, Harmany or Szaszharmany in Hungarian and Mons Mellis in Latin. The name of the settlement draws its origins from the area, where the Lempes Hill hosted a couple of bee hives. Some historians claim that the church and village belonged to the Teutons at some point.
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