Lutheran Cathedral
Catedrala Evanghelică C.A. Sfânta Maria
Lutheran Cathedral
Catedrala Evanghelică C.A. Sfânta Maria
Address:
Piața Albert Huet
Historical Hungarian county:
Szeben
GPS coordinates:
45.7977677308, 24.1501111385
History
The church was built in the 14th century, and the construction of its 73-metre tower was begun in 1371. Its reconstruction was completed in 1520. It became a Lutheran church after the Reformation and was restored in 1855. In front of it stands a statue of the Saxon Lutheran bishop Georg Daniel Teutsch.
For the roof over the crossing and the south transept, trees felled between 1351 and 1353 were used, while for the nave roof, trees felled between 1362 and 1354 were used. At the end of the 14th century, the sanctuary was given a new roof and a longitudinal brace was built into all the standing structures using pine trees felled between 1393 and 1397. The roof structure of the vestibule west of the tower was made of pine trees felled in winter between 1458 and 1459, and that of the southern aisle between 1517 and 1518.
The bronze baptismal font was made by Master Leonhardus in 1438, allegedly cast from cannons captured by the Saxons of Szeben in the battle against the Turks in 1437. The organ was made in 1672.
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