| Type: | commune |
| County: | Mureș |
| Population Total: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 46.1833°N 82°W |
| Official Name: | Saschiz |
| Leader Name: | Ovidiu Șoaita[1] |
| Leader Party: | PNL |
| Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Saschiz (de|Keisd or Hünenburg; hu|Szászkézd, Hungarian pronunciation: NaNsz; Transylvanian Saxon: Keist) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cloașterf, Mihai Viteazu (Zoltan until 1932), and Saschiz.
Saschiz, with its 15th-century church, has been the home of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, since its designation in 1999. The route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail passes through both Saschiz and Cloașterf.[2]
Like many locations in Transylvania, the component villages have names in the languages spoke historically in the area:
| In German | In Hungarian | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloașterf | Klosdorf | Miklóstelke | |
| Mihai Viteazu | Zoltendorf | Zoltán | |
| Saschiz | Keisd | Szászkézd |
It has a population of 2,048: 88 percent Romanians, 5 percent Germans (more specifically Transylvanian Saxons), 4 percent Hungarians, and 3 percent Roma.