Michaelskirche in Klausenburg

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Michaelskirche with statue of Matthias Corvinus
The west entrance with three coats of arms of Sigismund of Luxembourg

The Klausenburger Michaelskirche (Hungarian Szent Mihály-templom ) in Cluj-Napoca ( German  Klausenburg ) is the most important example of a Gothic hall church in Transylvania . For stylistic considerations, the construction of the church can be expected around the middle of the 14th century. The building is reminiscent of the Church of St. Elisabeth in Košice .

In the first construction phase, the choir was built. The building was originally supposed to have two towers , one of which remained unfinished.

Today the church is used by the Roman Catholic parish of Cluj-Napoca. From 1566 until the Counter Reformation in 1716, the Michaelskirche was the parish church of the Unitarian congregation . Here the reformer Franz David gave his first anti-Trinitarian sermon in 1566. At the end of the 18th century, the Unitarian community finally built its own church building with the Unitarian Church .

  • Inside the church

  • Panorama of the vault

literature

  • Viorica Guy Marica: Biserica Sf. Mihail din Cluj. București 1967
  • Emerich Mikó: Some details about the parish church in Cluj-Napoca. in: Mdkk.CC X / 1865. (Mdkk.CC = communications from the kk Central Commission for Research and Conservation of Art and Historical Monuments, Vienna.)

Web links

Commons : Michaelskirche Klausenburger  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Herman Fabini: The Michaelskirche in Klausenburg. Monumenta Verlag Sibiu-Hermannstadt 2001, p. 13.
  2. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius: Travel Guide Transylvania. Thaur near Innsbruck 1993, p. 77.

Coordinates: 46 ° 46 ′ 12 "  N , 23 ° 35 ′ 23"  E