In may 2017, we invited a group of 8 students and 2 supervisors from the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Stuttgart to visit us at our castle. In a several days roadtrip through Southern Transilvania, we visited the cities of Sibiu and Sighisoara as well as the villages Alţâna, Biertan, Cloasterf, Viscri, Malancrav, Brateiu and, finally, Movile.
Dear friends of the Movile Churchfortress Project, we want to wish all of you a happy new year and would like to give you a small update about the recent activities in the last year and an outlook on our planned activities in the upcoming year.
Since 2000 Cristian Cismaru and Jochen Cotaru, the founders of the Transylvanian Brunch have been unearthing old, nearly forgotten recipes in countless Transylvanian villages and cooking them together with the villagers. These are then dished up as part of brunch buffets set within the picturesque surroundings of the fortified churches. This year in July we […]
The documentation of the construction site at the Teacher’s House in summer 2016 is completed. Everybody who could not be present can get an image of the works and achievements. Enjoy reading!
Dear Lords and Ladies of Movile Castle, powerful project partners, helpful supporters, reliable friends, audible and silent fans, hundreds of old tiles received a new home, thousands of compliments were exchanged between the cultures, millions of flowers were convinced to donate their nectar for our honey and countless sheep were milked in the whole Hârtibaciu […]
After very intensive times of work and long discussions, we now also have an official logo! Our logo design group didn’t make it easy for themselves. A lot of drafts have been drawn, discussed and refused again. Finally, a colorful logo with stylised hills and the fortified church in the foreground has been chosen.
Ladies and Lords, Helpers, Project Partners, Supporters, Movilians, via this newsletter you get a simulcast of the project progress in Movile / Hundertbücheln. First of all, we have an amazing and productive time and are able to advance our project vision step by step. Below you find a summary of all the things that happened […]
We are looking for support for our current project, the restoration of the Teacher’s House in Movile. We have put togehter a call for donations with inforamtion and are more than happy about any support! Wir suchen Unterstützung für unser aktuelles Projekt, die Instandsetzung des Lehrerhauses. Dazu haben wir einen Spendenaufruf mit Informationen zusammengestellt und […]
In preparation for the Transsilvanian Brunch on July 30th 2016 and as part of the future exhibiton in the “Portenturm” we have created three posters displaying the history of the village and the fortified church of Movile.
Just a few days after we finally got our account for donations we are already able to announce the first donations!
