The settlement was first attested in 1322 as part of the Abbey of Cârța. Later, the villages of Criț, Meșendorf and Cloașterf were included in the Seat of Sighișoara, their definitive status being determined by the Transylvanian Chancellery in 1863. 

The basilica built here was mentioned in 1466 but nothing has remained from the original building. In the 16th century a fortified precinct appears mentioned. It had an oval shape, a mantle wall of about 7-8 meters high, five towers with oblique roofs and a wall passage. Later, another two precincts were built on the northern side of the fortification, the first one between the west and the northwest tower and the second between the northwest and the northeast tower. The entrance was made through the south tower. 

In the 18th century, on the southern part of the fortification a fourth precinct was built. It included the gate tower from the south and the new one from the southeast. 

The actual church was built between 1810 and 1813. It is a hall church with a belfry on the west side, supported on the inside by two massive pillars. The nave is made only of two bays with sail vaults supported by double arches which unload on neoclassical pilasters. A double loft made of masonry can be found on the west end of the nave. The choir, narrower than the nave, is rectangular and its first bay is covered with a sail vault. 

The altarpiece from the choir has classicist features and in 1822 the organ was placed above it. The eastern part of the south precinct must have been dismantled probably towards the end of the 20th century, in order to raise the school building.