Evangelic Church

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1322	Documentary evidence of the existence of an older church on the place of the actual church. It’s patron saint was Virgin Mary;
1350	Construction of the actual church begins;
1371	Documents mention the construction of the choir, the older part of the church;
1424	Work on the construction site of the church resumes: the walls are elevated another 2.6 m, the naves are widened. The completion of the naves with cross vaults on ogival arches;
1448	An extension on the West side is built - the ferula;
1457	The South portal is built;
1471	The first construction phase is finished;
1474	The aspect of the South side of the church was modified after 1474 when it was decided to enlarge the existing basilica. Therefore the exterior wall of the Southern aisle was raised, its roof too at the height of thecentral nave while and on top of the old aisle appeared a balcony with vaults decorated with painted stars. This balcony covered also the Southern nave of the ferula and the trasept but this part was later removed;
1477	The sacristy is enlarged;
1494	The tower is finished after adding two new levels.
1499	Another level on the tower is built;
1509	On the North side an entrance stone porch is built. The porch was made by the stonecutter Nicolas after the model on the one on the South side.
1519	In the South side a balcony and the entrance porch is built;
1520	For a better access in the big tower, an exterior narrow tower with spiral stairs was built adjoining the Southern façade;
1585	The town buys a new organ;
1619	After lightning struck the East wing all the spires of the towers are covered in gilded copper;
1650	The painter Georg Hermann repaints Rosenaur mural in the church;
1676	The choir is painted in blue with golden stars while the nave is painted in white;
1720	A new altar is installed while the old altar is moved at the Ursuline’s Church;
1796	Burial in the church is forbidden. Nevertheless one exception was made in 1803 when Barron Samuel von Brukenthal was buried near the first pillar of the central nave, near the pulpit;
1805	The roof of the tower is renovated;
1853	A wall is built to separate the ferula is separated from the central naves. The tombs in the church are covered with pavement and the 67 tombstones are brought to the ferula. The pulpit is moved from the central nave near the left arch of the choir;
1855	Renovation works are finished and the church is re-consecrated;
1874	The Johannis bell is installed. It weighs 2.6 tons;
1881	The new clock in the church tower is functional and starts measuring time;
1890	The big bell (XIVth century) cracks. The church has it molten, re-cast and installed back in the tower in 1891.
1892	Coal burning stoves are installed for heating the church;
1910	Renovation works;
1915	The new organ is inaugurated on December 24th;
1928	A plate commemorating the soldiers fallen in WWI is placed in the church;
1956	The plastering of the church adn the tower are renewed;
1978	1978-1982 The roof covering is replaced;

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