Lutheran church in Reghin

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The Reghin Lutheran church is a Lutheran church located at 1 Călărașilor Street in Reghin, itself situated in Mureș County, in the Transylvania region of Romania. The church was built by the ethnic German Transylvanian Saxon community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary. Initially Roman Catholic, it became Lutheran following the Reformation.

The oldest building in the city, it was completed in 1330, as attested by a stone inscription in Latin, the earliest such carving on a medieval Transylvanian church. Valuable architectural elements include a Gothic window frame from 1400 decorated with human figures; corbels unique to the region that describe a treasure hidden inside; and the city’s first coat of arms, inscribed O.P.R. (Latin for Oppidum Privilegiatum Regun), confirming its privilege to hold fairs.

The tower, 47 meters high and flanked by four smaller towers, attests Reghin’s power to pass judgment. During its history, the church was given a number of architectural styles. The buttresses and ogival arches are Gothic, while the sun-shaped windows are typical of the Teutonic Order.

The date 1551, carved high up, marks the conversion to Protestantism. Near the...