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The Prejmer fortified Evangelical Church from Prejmer village, in Braşov County, was built in the XIIIth century by the Teutonic Knights, later elements belonging to the early Gothic style, introduced by the Cistercian monks. The fortress walls were built in the XVth century by the Saxons; they are 12 m high and 3-4 m thick and shelter 274 little rooms, each belonging to a family in the village and inhabited by the owners in times of war. One of the weapons that were used during the frequent attacks was "the organ of death", a wooden board with five guns on each side, similar in action to a machine gun.
The church's chancel is regarded to be the oldest from Transylvania.
It is considered the best preserved and most powerful medieval fortified church in Eastern Europe and it is the only 3 Michelin stars complex in Romania.
