Biertan’s fortified church is the most photographed in Saxony — three rings of walls, a famous lock with thirteen tumblers, and a hilltop position you can see from miles away. Stadl 16 sits at the edge of the village, on what used to be a working farmyard. The original barn is the new living room: 24 metres long, single span, oak floor, a wood stove at one end, glass at the other looking onto the meadow.
The long room. It is the kind of space that immediately makes a guest stop talking for a moment. Clara left every original beam exposed and the new windows are flush with the cladding, so the house reads as one continuous gesture. The kitchen is by Bulthaup, almost embarrassed in such a barn.
- ·Wi-Fi (250 Mbps)
- ·Wood stove
- ·Bulthaup kitchen
- ·Heated floors
- ·Pets welcome
- ·EV charger
- ·Underfloor heating
Clara studied architecture in Cluj and Vienna. She bought the barn in 2017 with her father, a retired organ-restorer who oversaw every joint in the new oak roof himself. The result is restrained, contemporary, and very Saxon — exactly what the village commission asked for.
A few of the sights within easy reach of this house.
~50 m awayThe most photographed Saxon church — three rings of walls, a famous lock with thirteen tumblers.
~23 km awayThe only inhabited medieval citadel in Europe — the painted houses, the clock tower, the cobbles.
~45 km awayA whitewashed Saxon church on a hill above the village Prince Charles fell in love with.
~49 km awayThree connected squares, the Liars' Bridge, and houses with "eye" windows in the roofs.