
The Sebeș Lutheran church ( ro, Biserica Evanghelică din Sebeș; german: Stadtpfarrkirche Mühlbach) is a
Lutheran fortified church. It is located at 5 Piața Primăriei in the town center of
Sebeș (''Mühlbach''), itself situated in
Alba County, in the
Transylvania region of
Romania. The church was built by the
ethnic German Transylvanian Saxon
The Transylvanian Saxons (german: Siebenbürger Sachsen; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjer Såksen''; ro, Sași ardeleni, sași transilvăneni/transilvani; hu, Erdélyi szászok) are a people of German ethnicity who settled in Transylvania ...
community at a time when the area belonged to the
Kingdom of Hungary. Initially
Roman Catholic, it became Lutheran following the
Reformation.
Description
Saxon colonists began a
Romanesque basilica during the 12th century, but this was destroyed during the 1241-1242
Mongol invasion of Europe. It was subsequently rebuilt in
Gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
style, fortified and endowed with walls. An imposing choir was added in the second half of the 14th century, during a period of local prosperity. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Sebeș became a center for craftsmen, who worked on extending the church. During World War I, the bells were confiscated, melted and turned into munitions; they were replaced in 1925.
[Sebeș/Mühlbach]
at biserici-fortificate.org
The church is listed as a
historic monument by Romania's
Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, with Saint James's Chapel (''ca.'' 1420), the parish house and the walls being listed as separate entries.
[Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010: Județul Alba]
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Sebes Biserica evanghelica (4).jpg, Portal
Altar Bis evanghelica Sebes.jpg, Altar
Ansamblul bisericii evanghelice din Sebeș 2.jpg, Nave
Ansamblul bisericii evanghelice din Sebeș 3.jpg, Organ
Jakobskapelle sebes.jpg, Saint James's Chapel
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Lutheran churches in Romania
Lutheran churches converted from Roman Catholicism
Historic monuments in Alba County
Fortified church buildings in Romania
Gothic architecture in Romania
13th-century churches in Romania
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