Nicolaikirche (Mehala)

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Nicolaikirche in Mehala
Nicolaikirche in Mehala, 1916

Nicolaikirche in Mehala, 1916
Construction time: 1793-1797
Location: 45 ° 45 '55.5 "  N , 21 ° 12' 26.6"  E Coordinates: 45 ° 45 '55.5 "  N , 21 ° 12' 26.6"  E
Address: Piața Avram Iancu
Timișoara
Timiș , Romania
Purpose: Serbian Orthodox Church
Diocese : Episcopia Ortodoxă Sârbă Timișoara

The Nicolaikirche is a Serbian Orthodox church and a listed historical building on Piața Avram Iancu in Mehala , the fifth district of the western Romanian city ​​of Timișoara .

There are two other churches on this square, the Romanian Orthodox Biserica Inaltarea Domnului and the Roman Catholic St. Mary's Church . The Nicolaikirche is together with the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral on the Piața Unirii in the inner city ( Romanian Cetate ) and the Biserica Sfântul Mare Mucenic Gheorghe ( German  Church of the Great Martyr St. George ) in the 2nd District Fabric ( German  Factory City ) one of the three Serbian Orthodox churches in the city.

history

The first settlers of the Mehala, the Raizen , belonged to the Orthodox religious community. In 1744 they founded their then common Serbian-Romanian parish . The Nicolaikirche is the oldest documented building of the Mehala and was built between 1793 and 1797. The valuable paintings were created by Nicolae Alexici. The altar wall was made by Mihailo Ianici and the icons by Sava Petrovici .

In 1887 the Orthodox parish split into a Romanian and a Serbian denomination, and the church was assigned to the Serbian Orthodox believers. The Romanian Orthodox believers built their own church on the Piața Avram Iancu in the neighborhood , but it had to be replaced after 25 years because it was in disrepair. The foundation stone of the largest building in the Mehala, the Romanian Orthodox Church of the Resurrection ( Biserica Inaltarea Domnului ) was laid at the same location in 1925 .

See also

literature

  • Ioan Munteanu, Rodica Munteanu: Timișoara monograph . Editura Mirton, Timișoara 2002, ISBN 973-585-650-6 , p. 570 .
  • Alexandru Cuțara: Timișoara - Temeswar, picture-art monograph . Editura Amarcord, Timișoara 1998, ISBN 973-9244-35-1 , p. 120 .
  • Martin Eichler, Dan Leopold Ciobotaru, Martin Rill: Temeswar - Timișoara. A pearl of the Banat . Wort + Welt + Bild Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-9810825-6-2 .
  • Mihai Opriș : Timișoara - Arhitectura de-a lungul veacurilor . 1987 (Romanian).

Web links

Commons : Nicolaikirche (Mehala)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ gtztm.ro ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 246 kB), Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2004 des Județ Timiș , TM-II-mA-06120, in Romanian @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gtztm.ro
  2. ↑ Alexandru Cuțara: Timișoara - Temeswar, Bild-Kunst-Monographie, Editura Amarcord, 1998 Timișoara, 120 pages, ISBN 973-9244-35-1
  3. ^ Martin Eichler, Dan Leopold Ciobotaru, Martin Rill: Temeswar - Timișoara. A pearl of the Banat . Wort + Welt + Bild Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-9810825-6-2 .
  4. ↑ Alexandru Cuțara: Timișoara - Temeswar, picture-art-monograph . Editura Amarcord, Timișoara 1998, ISBN 973-9244-35-1 , p. 120 .