St. Stephan's Tower
Turnul Ștefan
St. Stephan's Tower
Turnul Ștefan
Address:
Piața Cetății, Turnului
Historical Hungarian county:
Szatmár
GPS coordinates:
47.6586762337, 23.5821152725
History
The charter of King Louis I of Hungary reported the construction of the church in 1347. In 1445, Nagybánya became the property of Hunyadi János, who, according to tradition, built the tower that still stands today.
The town became Protestant in 1547 as a result of the activities of Kopácsi István, a preacher from Erdőd. The parish priest at that time was Veress Mihály. St. Stephen's Church was taken over by the Protestants, first by the Lutherans, then by the Calvinists. In 1551, the Franciscans were expelled from the town by Deacon Péter, a supporter of Queen Isabella. 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 taken over by the Jesuits. Thanks to the Hungarian War of Independence led by Rákóczi Ferenc II, the Calvinists used St. Stephen's Church from 1705 to 1712. Afterwards the Jesuits reclaimed it, but did not have it restored, but built their new church on the site of the old St. Martin's Church. On 25 August 1769, the church was struck by lightning and completely destroyed. The St Stephen's Church was then dismantled and in 1847 the town council used gunpowder to blow up the still substantial ruins. The material was sold and used for the construction of the parish church and other buildings.
In 1619, Kaszai Farkas Péter replaced the tower's old spire that burnt down at the end of the 16th century with a new spire, which had four turrets. This was destroyed by a fire caused by lightning in 1769, and in 1770 the Austrian George Seisenpech, a tinker, built an onion dome to replace it. After this also burnt down, a new spire was built in 1871, based on the designs of the architect Schulz Ferenc.
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