Calvinist Church
Biserica reformată
Calvinist Church
Biserica reformată
Address:
Strada Podul Viilor
Historical Hungarian county:
Szatmár
GPS coordinates:
47.6612200515, 23.5805511153
History
The town became Protestant in 1547 as a result of the activities of Kopácsi István, a preacher from Erdőd. St. Stephen's church was then taken over by Protestants, first by Lutherans and then by Calvinists. In 1674, St Stephen's Church was returned to Catholic hands for three years thanks to the imperial army of General Spankau. In 1687, after the Turks had been driven out and Transylvania had been incorporated into the Habsburg Empire, St Stephen's Church was acquired by the Catholics and taken over by the Jesuits in 1691. Thanks to the Hungarian War of Independence led by Rákóczi Ferenc II, the Calvinists were able to use St. Stephen's again from 1705 to 1712. The present Calvinist (Reformed) church was built between 1792 and 1809 in the neoclassical style, previously Protestants were only allowed to build wooden churches. The tower was built in 1836. Its designer is not known, but there is a chance that it was Péchy Mihály, who also designed the Great Church in Debrecen (Hungary). The church was a favourite subject of the Nagybánya School of Painting. In 1991, a memorial plaque to the writer Németh László born in Nagybánya was erected in the church.
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