Calvinist Church in Ótorda
Biserica Reformată Turda Veche
Calvinist Church in Ótorda
Biserica Reformată Turda Veche
Address:
Strada Bogdan Petriceicu Hașdeu 2
Historical Hungarian county:
Torda-Aranyos
GPS coordinates:
46.5714907421, 23.7849628406
History
Between 1274 and 1296, there are records of the Church of the Holy Cross of the Johannite Order of Knights, where on one occasion the Transylvanian vajda Kán László had to take an oath in connection with a trial. At the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, the Johannites abandoned their church, the only one in the Kingdom of Hungary. This church cannot be identified with certainty with any of the churches in Torda.
In 1331, the monks of the Augustinian order appeared in Torda. Their monastery was probably founded by King Charles I of Hungary, who also supported it with donations. Until the Reformation (1540s-50s), it is continuously mentioned in sources and can be identified with the present church in Ótorda.
In 1493, the administrator of Egyházfalva, owned by the St. Martin Provostry of Arad, broke into the Augustinian monastery, which was led by Frater Balázs, during a dispute over a mill.
It became uninhabitable during the Reformation in the 1550s and 60s, and was taken over by the Reformed (Calvinists) in the early 17th century. Sometime in the mid-16th century a castle was built around it. Around 1616, during the reign of Prince Bethlen Gábor of Transylvania, major fortification works were carried out. The church was taken over by the Reformed in the 1630s and 40s. The ruined building was restored with the support of Prince Rákóczi György I.
In 1705 the castle was stormed by the Danish soldiers of General Tiege, probably the vault of the nave collapsed at this time. At the beginning of the 19th century, the interior of the building was radically rebuilt by Kövesi János, a master builder from Torda. In 1862 the old tower collapsed. Between 1904 and 1906, a new, historicist tower was built on the basis of plans by the architect Sztehlo Ottó from Budapest.
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