A place that once had a name. And a story. And a strength for the people who were gathering together every Sunday. But also a place that in 2021 the single thing left that it's going to be brought is the powerful silence that strikes every person who comes for a visit.

On our journey exploring the solitude realms of Transylvania which once were mostly populated by Saxons, a huge building located up on the hills which was dominating the whole view over the little village, managed to catch our attention wondering what is that and if there are any ways to reach it since it looked like being part of the history for a long while now.
We were just returning from our trip to Sadinca Monastery when our hearts got half conquered by the road which was slowing going higher leaving the small villages with very few families left to rest on our feet, but we couldn't consider the day finished and return home before we were making some more visits to places which once were very important for every human being.
However, since in my previous post we got to visit a monastery where we found lots of people praying and trying to get closer to divinity, we couldn't enjoy the same thing when we reached the Evangelical Church from Hasag.
Everything started with a big headache searching on the map for it because as beautiful it is and as hard is going to be to cross the street without noticing it, as difficult it was to find its name or the direction which was going to lead us there.
A thing that kind of disappointed us because we are used seeing lots of road signs showing the way to every single church you see while driving around, but there was literally no one for the building we were interested in.

Anyway, this aspect couldn't make us feel other than more determined to discover it and we hit the road as soon as we found it on the map, though, with a very generic name - The Evangelical Church from Hasag.
From what I noticed, there used to be a way of access right from the street where you could pass some big gates and already enter the churchyard, but since the building was abandoned a long time ago, this one was also forgotten and we had to find a 2nd option to reach it.
We found the path by going a little bit further on a tiny street where there are no more than two or three houses, and then find a bifurcation which was going either on the left or on the right.
Our first thought was to follow the left one since it seemed being more crossed by people but we ended up leaving the church behind and find some big lands for plantations, so the single option remaining was the way to the right.
We got a few tens of meters back and started hiking the other path making us be accompanied the whole way by the backside of the houses we've seen before.
However, keep in mind that there are some courtyards with dogs, so you better watch out.

We didn't walk for more than 5-7 minutes and we finally discovered the building we've been searching for. Over here, our mood changed almost radically into a sad feeling when we got to see an old, abandoned, and yet so beautiful church which I'm sure once was more than just some ruins.

The Evangelical Church from Hasag was born in the 14th century and it was one of the very few such places from Romania with a gothic hall and a 5/8 closing chorus with buttresses. Even though it used to gather lots of people every Sunday and even during the week, the building managed to stay away from different attacks and imposters which were frequently roaming Transylvania to vandalize the churches.

However, the church still needed a restoration between 1874-1875 when the bell tower presented an imminent danger of collapse and it was replaced with a new tower whose base was made of four sprockets and completed by the roof in the shape of a sharpening pyramid while the plan surrounding the church has a rectangular form.

Hașag is not just a place very loaded with history, but also a tiny village which not many heard about and which comes with lots of places to be discovered by the tourists, as well as the very few locations from Romania which were entirely marked by Saxons, both by living and thinking.
One of the locations which is presenting both of the aspects is the Evangelical Church which is often known as the Saxon Church and which is a very unique construction that made the village become part of the art history albums.
The dried grass which barely finds the power to slowly dance at the feeling of the wind breeze, used to be covered by Saxons who a while ago were gathering for specific traditions and games.
A thing that you can't enjoy anymore in the 21st century, as well as discovering the whole church because of the big gates, chains and padlocks which are blocking the access to the doors.
Personally, I don't think I've noticed any window which was still intact, so most likely the place is kind of frequented by the homeless people who made their own way into the church by breaking the glasses, but we refused to make our entrance through one of these since it was clearly showed that the church should be closed and remain this way.

There is no doubt that the appearance of the building is terribly unhappy especially that from what I understood it was a medieval Lutheran Church which could become a premiere for us since we never visited one before, but also because of the renovations which are completely missing.

I do understand that for some reason the liturgy was interrupted but we've visited such places before and they were still well-maintained by the locals. But since the Saxons are not living anymore in Hasag, most likely this is also the reason why no one gives a damn to sustain such a building.

As such, dust and spider webs reign everywhere being completed perfectly by the deafening silence that surrounds the building but also by the broken glasses which are giving you a strange feeling when you are looking twice towards them. I doubt there are any books, benches or religious objects left inside of the church but I'm pretty sure that, nevertheless, they still manage to express, beyond the thick cob, the rigour and beauty of the architectural work.

In order to reach The Evangelical Church for at least some pictures and to see one of the very few treasures left by the Saxons, you have to follow the way to the village called Hașag which is part of Sibiu county, the church being located just 30 km away from it and 13 km from Sliminic Citadel which we are going to discover together soon.

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