Church of the Assumption of Mary (Elisabetin)
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| Construction year: | 1894 |
| Style elements : | Baroque |
| Floor space: | 24.41 × 7.70 m |
| Location: | 45 ° 44 '31.05 " N , 21 ° 13' 47.11" E |
| Address: | Strada Protopop Gheorghe Dragomir Timișoara Timiș , Romania |
| Purpose: | Romanian Orthodox Church |
The Church of the Assumption ( Romanian Biserica Adormirea Maicii Domnului ) is a Romanian Orthodox church in the III. Elisabetin district of the western Romanian city of Timișoara ( German Timişoara ). It is located in Strada Protopop Gheorghe Dragomir and is opposite the Piața Eforie church park . The Piața Crucii is located in the eastern neighborhood . The church looks after 4,200 families with 12,600 believers.
history
A church had existed on this site since 1784, which in turn was built on the site of a former wooden church that had been built there in May 1727. The church tower was built in 1836.
In 1894, according to the plans of the architect Ștefan Toth, construction began on today's church, which is 24.41 m long and 7.70 m wide. The church tower is in a baroque style. The wall painting inside the church was done by Iulian Toader from Arad , and the sculptures and woodwork by Trajan Novac .
The church was consecrated on November 6, 1927. It is a simple hall building with a retracted facade tower, the exterior design of which is reminiscent of the Banat country churches. Only the design of the interior with a barrel vault and an apse that is the same width as the nave is different.
In 1989 the church was renovated.
Web links
- welcometoromania.ro , Biserica ortodoxă Adormirea maicii Domnului , in Romanian
Individual evidence
- ↑ mitropolia-banatului.ro ( page no longer available , search in web archives ), Protopopiatul Timişoara II, point 5, in Romanian, accessed September 13, 2010
- ^ Martin Eichler, Dan Leopold, Martin Rill: Temeswar / Timișoara. A pearl of the Banat , Wort + Welt + Bild Verlag, Munich, 2010, 208 pages, ISBN 978-3-9810825-6-2