The village of Viscri (German Weisskirch) on the Transylvanian plateau near Sighișoara (Schäßburg) was founded by Transylvanian Saxons in the 12th century. It was not until 1231 that the probably much older, very remote village was first mentioned in a document as a gift from King Béla IV to "Corradus et Danielem" (sons of John). In 1400, "Alba ecclesia" (alias Viscri) appears in a local directory for tax payments in the county of Rupea (Kosd). Around 1500, Viscri was counted among the county's free communities, with 51 households, three shepherds, a teacher and two poor people. Today, the village's main street and side streets are lined with lovingly restored Transylvanian-Saxon farms, all the way up to the well-preserved fortified church.