Lower Town Reformed Church, Two Branches Church
Biserica Reformată II Două turnuri
Lower Town Reformed Church, Two Branches Church
Biserica Reformată II Două turnuri
Address:
Bulevardul 21 Decembrie 1989 41
Historical Hungarian county:
Kolozs
GPS coordinates:
46.7738046903, 23.5975507989
History
The church was first called the Reformed Outer Church (i.e. the church outside the town wall, in the suburbs), then it was mostly referred to as the two-towered church, and was officially called the Lower Town Church.
A significant number of Reformed (Calvinist) Christians living outside the town walls began to build a new wooden church on this site around 1695, replacing the small church on the site of the present Theological Institute, which was destroyed by the Tatars in 1690. The stone pulpit, dated 1672, must have been found among the ruins of the previous church. The church organ dates from 1771, a gift from Mrs Farkas János.
In the first half of the 19th century, the number of Reformed Christians increased significantly. In view of the large number of believers living in Hóstát, it was decided to build a new church. The plans for the new church were drawn up in 1827 by Georg Winkler on the model of the great church in Debrecen. In 1828, the collection was started. The foundation stone was laid on 3 October 1829, next to the old church. Under the foundation stone, tin tablets in Latin and Hungarian were placed. Due to lack of funds, the new church was not consecrated until 12 October 1851. The wooden church was demolished in 1845.
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