The church



All that remains of the church today are its walls, except for the northern one, which has been destroyed. Because of the unusual plan and the elevated choir, under which there was a tunnel communicating with the gate tower, it is difficult to speculate on how the church was intended to look.

The fortification



The first mantle walls, built of uncut stone, were erected in the 12th century, at the time of the great Tatar invasion. This construction was replaced in the 15th century with a stronger construction made of brick. These red brick walls formed two polygonal precincts which have both been preserved to this day. The southern one though, enclosing a well, was badly damaged by the curuts at the beginning on the 18th century. They had attacked on behalf of Prince Francisc Rakoczy and were led by Lorenz Perki. The tower in the northern precinct had walls up to 3.5 m thick at the base, but had no machicolation, battlement or wall passage.

The stones taken from the demolition of a part of the church in 1855 were not used as planned for building a new school, but were instead used for a new cemetery wall. In 1870, part of the wall that guarded the southern entrance collapsed, as did the circular ones surrounding the well, only two years later. In the late 1950s the bell tower, the southern walls, and the north-western defensive tower were restored.

You can find more information about this church and many others on this CD dedicated to the fortified churches in Transylvania.