Hungarian Lutheran Church
Brassói magyar evangélikus templom
Hungarian Lutheran Church
Brassói magyar evangélikus templom
Address:
Str. Iuliu Maniu 2
Historical Hungarian county:
Brassó
GPS coordinates:
45.6459999502, 25.5965944022
History
The church was built in 1783 by the Hungarian Lutherans of Brassó, who had previously shared the former St. Barbara's Chapel with the Saxons, and later the church on Kertész Street. It was here that the Hungarian pastors of Barcaság held the convention in 1886, at which they declared the establishment of an independent Hungarian Lutheran diocese in Transylvania. During the 16th-century Reformation, the Transylvanian Saxons typically converted to Lutheranism, while the Hungarians converted to the Calvinist faith. The Calvinist (Reformed) were given the church on Monastery Street, but the wealthy and influential Saxons eventually lured some of the Hungarians back to Lutheranism, offering various benefits to the priests and the faithful, and the Calvinist faith was hindered. The number of Hungarian Lutherans increased, and in the 17th century they took possession of the Monastery Street church. For a time, the Hungarian Lutherans formed the largest Hungarian congregation in Barcaság, but they were gradually absorbed by the Saxons through their Germanising policy: according to Orbán Balázs, the Hungarians were not allowed to join the guilds, hold offices, have property, and their religious practice was restricted, so that most of them assimilated voluntarily into Saxon society. Those Hungarians who remained loyal to their nationality were harassed and eventually driven out of their churches. From 1716, the Hungarians used the St. Anthony's Chapel in Hospital Street, but it burnt down in 1718 and was not allowed to be rebuilt. They then moved to the ruined 15th-century chapel of St. Barbara in Bolonya quarter, once part of the leper hospital, alternating its use with the Saxons of Bolonya. In 1777, the Saxon and Hungarian Lutherans built the Bolonya Saxon Lutheran Church on the site of the chapel. There was constant friction between the two communities, so in 1783, under the pastorate of Gödri János, the Hungarians built the Hungarian Lutheran church, which was made possible by the 1781 Patent of Toleration issued by Emperor Joseph II. At that time the congregation numbered 511 souls, and in 1860 it had 868 members, more than the Saxon church in Bolonya. The Hungarian Lutherans continued to live within the framework of the Saxon Church. The decision to establish an independent deanery was taken in 1874, and on 25 March 1886 Hungarian pastors from Barcaság held a convention in this church, at which they declared the establishment of an independent Hungarian Lutheran diocese in Transylvania.
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