Calvinist Church in Újtorda
Biserică Reformată din Turda Nouă
Calvinist Church in Újtorda
Biserică Reformată din Turda Nouă
Address:
Piața Basarabiei 12
Historical Hungarian county:
Torda-Aranyos
GPS coordinates:
46.5799511002, 23.7729725758
History
The town of Újtorda (New Torda) was founded in the late 13th century by Saxon settlers. They received the necessary charter from King Charles I of Hungary in 1332, in which the church dedicated to St. László is mentioned. In the early 16th century, the church underwent major building works. In 1507, King Ulászló II of Hungary restored a donation, allegedly granted by King Charles I. According to this document, the church received an annuity from the Torda salt chamber for the celebration of masses for the spiritual salvation of the Hungarian kings, especially St. László.
In the early 1570s the first Unitarian pastor of the church was Sztárai Miklós. In the 1590s it was surrounded by an oval fortification.
In 1601, a troop of Prince Báthory Zsigmond of Transylvania slaughtered the garrison of the imperial general Basta near Kolozsvár. In order to avenge it, Basta sent a troop against Torda, as the town was supposed to have warned him of the attack. The attack mainly affected Újtorda. The population of Újtorda had taken refuge behind the defensive walls around the church, but the hajdú mercenaries broke through a barricaded door and entered the fortification, where they massacred more than 300 men, including town judge Csipkés György. The women and children were rescued by Csáky István's troops, who took revenge on the hajdús. The depopulation of Újtorda threatened the end of salt production. In 1619, Prince Bethlen Gábor of Transylvania settled his Calvinist footsoldiers in the district, whose special status made Újtorda and Ótorda (Old Torda) separate towns, and the church became Calvinist. The wall surrounding the church and its remaining towers were restored to their present form in 1737.
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