Lutheran Church
Biserica Evanghelică CA
Lutheran Church
Biserica Evanghelică CA
Historical Hungarian county:
Maros-Torda
GPS coordinates:
46.7787126014, 24.7035286068
History
The church was built in 1330 and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. In the 1380s, its patron, Bánffy László, requested the Pope to convert it into an Augustinian monastery, but this was not done. Its parish priest, György László, was mentioned in 1420. The chapel of St. Lawrence was built around 1500. In the early 16th century it was surrounded by a castle. In 1521, Móré István was its parish priest. In 1551, the inhabitants of the town converted to Lutheranism. In 1708 the kuruc insurgents set the church on fire. The nave was given its present interior and exterior appearance in the 18th century, when the two-storey gallery on the north side of the nave was built. By 1803 the nave's vault was rebuilt and the tower was raised. The last major restoration was carried out between 1927 and 1930 under the direction of Gustav Müller. On the north wall is one of the oldest inscriptions in medieval Transylvania, dating from 1330, which mentions Master Tamás, the patron of the church dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and the parish priest Nicolaus. Its organ dates from 1855. The high altar and the statue of Christ were made in 1857-58. The pulpit dates from 1871.
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