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The hexagonal Shoemaker's Tower (Turnul Cizmarilor) at the northeast corner of the Castle Hill was first mentioned in 1521. It was destroyed by the explosion of the gunpowder stored there during the city fire of 1676 and rebuilt in 1680. Its Baroque stylistic elements also date from this period. The bastion for the artillery, which the tower housed, was demolished in 1846. The wooden external staircase was added in 2001.

The Butcher's Tower (Turnul Măcelarilor) was built in the second half of the 15th century. It is a hexagonal structure on an octagonal ground plan, which, together with the bastion in front of it, added later, provided a wide field of fire. The tower has three floors with five loopholes.

With approximately 2,000 graves, the Bergfriedhof is the main cemetery of the Protestant community, which owns two other, smaller cemeteries in Obere Baiergasse and at Siechhof. The Bergkirche and Bergfriedhof complex includes the mortuary hall in the former Goldsmiths' Tower (which also served as a gymnasium for the Mining School) and the Seiler's Tower. At the end of the 19th century, the Protestant Women's Association had an apartment built here for the cemetery caretaker. He still lives there with his family today. The people of Sighisoara have probably been burying their dead on the western slope of the mountain since the 18th century.

A wooden, covered staircase, the Student Staircase, with over 100 steps, leads from the old town streets up to the Josef Haltrich Lyceum, a secondary school for the German minority on the Schulberg. The covered staircase was built in 1654 to provide students with a relatively dry route to class even in inclement weather.

The Bergschule, today the Josef-Haltrich-Gymnasium or Liceul Teoretic "Josef Haltrich," was founded by Transylvanian Saxons and documented in 1522. A Latin school had likely existed previously, as between 1445 and 1521, 95 Sighisoara students studied at the University of Vienna. From 1607 to 1608, the Schola Majoris was built on the Schulberg hill, which was expanded by a building in 1619. Today, classes are taught here in Romanian and German.

The Tinsmith's Tower (Turnul Cositorarilor) suffered considerable damage during the Hungarian siege from 1704 to 1706. Traces of the bombardment can still be seen in its 25-meter-high walls. Architecturally interesting, the tower begins on a square base, transitions into a pentagonal structure, and expands to an octagonal storey. The roof forms a hexagon. A now-lost inscription indicates that repairs were carried out in 1583, and the pentagonal bastion was built in front of the tower.

Vlad III, to whom this modern bust is dedicated, is better known as Vlad Țepeș (Vla the Impaler). According to unsubstantiated traditional belief, he was born around 1431 in Sighisoara. His nickname Drăculea ("Son of the Dragon") probably derives from his father, Vlad II Dracul,'s membership in Emperor Sigismund's Order of the Dragon. The dragon was also featured on the voivode's seal. Vlad III was voivode of the Principality of Wallachia in 1448, from 1456 to 1462, and again in 1476. Vlad III became known for his resistance to the expansion of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans and for his alleged cruelty. He is said to have had a penchant for executions by impalement. The name Drăculea inspired the Irish author Bram Stoker to create his famous fictional character, the vampire Count Dracula.

The Clock Tower (Turnul cu ceas) on the east side of the castle hill is one of Transylvania's most famous tourist attractions and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The 64-meter-high tower, whose construction began in the 14th century, has formed the connection between the Lower and Upper Towns since the Middle Ages. Access to the castle through the tower was particularly heavily fortified and protected by gates. In 1604, the tower was equipped with a wooden clock mechanism and subsequently renamed the Clock Tower. In 1648, blacksmiths replaced the wooden structure with an iron clock mechanism. Master craftsman Johann Kirschel supplemented the two large clock faces with a group of moving wooden figures that emerged from a niche at specific times.