Várak és erődített helyek a Kárpát-medencében

Szt Márton templom, Martinsberg

The Szent Márton church (Saint Martin church) is located north of Brassó’s (Kronstadt, Brașov) city center. The year of its construction is believed to be 1235. It also had an abbey which belonged to the Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré. The abbey was in their possession for the rest of the 13th century, as well. The Franciscans took possession of it later on - however, they ended up moving afterwards to the Szent Péter és Pál church (Roman-Catholic church of Saint Peter and Paul). Starting from 1441, the priest of Szent Márton church is presbyter Péter, in 1515 chaplain Lőrinc takes his place.

The building was placed under renovation and modifications in 1668, preserving its gothic style, however, which were represented by the building’s pointed arch structure of the main entrance and the two side gates. The sanctuary, as well as the first half of the nave, are the work of a latter renewal. The church bell is dated from 1521. In the Middle Ages, it was surrounded by a fortress wall, although there are no signs of it today. The building used to belong to the evangelicals, in the present it functions as a museum, and it is enclosed by the old cemetery of the Saxons of Brassó.

/Karczag Ákos/

(English translator: Boglárka Sebestyén)

Source: Karczag Ákos – Szabó Tibor: Erdély, Partium és a Bánság erődített helyei. Budapest, 2012. 594.