The Catholic tower

This tower is placed in the Southern part of the church. The theme of the icons on the walls is mainly connected with the Doom Day.
This tower of the Catholics had represented for a long time a symbol of the religious tolerance in a country often faced with ethnic and confessional conflicts. When the most part of the population from Biertan became Protestants, there was built for those who remained faithful to the old religion another church
Since 1564 Transylvania was the only European country with four confessions revealing a certain level of religious frredom. Along with the Calvinists, Lutherans, Roman - Catholics and "Antitrinitars"(The oponents of the Trinity dogma) Orthodoxy was also tolerated.

The Townhall Tower

This tower is placed in the Western side of the church. It was also a tower-gate for the cart track that entered the church making the connection between the inner and the middle walls of the church's precints. Some adornments from the 16th century can still be seen on the console beam of the roof.