Project Description
The fortified church dates back to 1100 when a small church was built with a single hall and semicircular apse. The church was taken over by Saxon colonists around 1185. The eastern part of the church was rebuilt in the 14th century, and the first fortifications with towers were added in 1525.The church was surrounded by a second defence wall in the 18th century.
A covered corridor for the storage of corn was built after 1743. A century later, two chambers in the defence corridor of the bastion were turned into school rooms.
The centrepiece of the classic 19th-century altar, called “The Blessing of the Children”, is the work of painter J. Paukratz from Rupea. To this day, the church is surrounded by a cemetery with gravestones that date back to the “Bijelo Brdo culture”.
