Ardud is a town situated in Satu Mare County, Transylvania, Romania. It administers five villages: Ardud-Vii, Baba Novac, Gerăușa, Mădăras, and Sărătura.
Ardud fortress
View of Ardud from the fortress (2012)
Aerial view of Sărătura village
The Germans of Romania represent one of the most significant historical ethnic minorities of Romania from the modern period onwards.
Evangelical Lutheran medieval fortified church in Axente Sever (German: Frauendorf) in Sibiu County (German: Kreis Hermannstadt)
Nemșa (German: Nimesch), a traditional Transylvanian Saxon village pertaining to the larger commune of Moșna (German: Meschen)
Biertan (German: Birthälm), one of the most important and imposing Evangelical Lutheran fortified churches in Transylvania
Râșnov (German: Rosenau), a noteworthy example of a well fortified Transylvanian Saxon town