The fortified church stands on a hill northwest of the village. In the center of the village, a Romanesque basilica with five bays and a choir loft was built in the 13th century. The square columns have profiled bases and capitals. The nave received a late Gothic reticulated vault in the 15th century. Today, only the barrel vault with openings is preserved, the ribs are only indicated on the reveal. The choir was extended to the east at the beginning of the 16th century and finished with a polygonal apse. The church is surrounded by an oval enclosure covering a large area. Parts of the wall and storerooms were demolished in the 20th century. In the Middle Ages there was the noble house of the Comites of Alţâna. Members of this noble house were royal magistrates in Nocrich and representatives of the Seven Chairs on numerous occasions.
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The fortified church stands on a hill northwest of the village. In the center of the village, a Romanesque basilica with five bays and a choir loft was built in the 13th century. The square columns have profiled bases and capitals. The nave received a late Gothic reticulated vault in the 15th century. Today, only the barrel vault with openings is preserved, the ribs are only indicated on the reveal. The choir was extended to the east at the beginning of the 16th century and finished with a polygonal apse. The church is surrounded by an oval enclosure covering a large area. Parts of the wall and storerooms were demolished in the 20th century. In the Middle Ages there was the noble house of the Comites of Alţâna. Members of this noble house were royal magistrates in Nocrich and representatives of the Seven Chairs on numerous occasions.
Rosemarie Müller +40/744/105 620
The organ by J. Hahn/Hermannstadt was built around 1780; It was repaired in 1798, 1886 and 1986. It has 10 registers, a manual and an attached pedal.
Two pre-Reformation bells have been preserved. The large bell bears the inscription "o rex glorie veni cum pace".
The 1404 dated baptismal font is one of the most valuable Gothic baptismal fonts in Transylvania. It bears the inscription anno domini millessimo cccllll tempore regis Sigismundi (in the year 1404 at the time of King Sigismund). The polychrome framed wooden lid of the baptismal font has carvings. It is dated 1725. The baptismal font was stolen in July 1999 and has not been recovered.
The neo-Gothic altar dates from the 19th century. The central picture depicts Jesus with a raised, blessing hand.
The church is surrounded by an oval ring, which measures 75 m in the east-west direction and 62 m in the north-south direction. In the east the ring is doubled. There is a tower in each of the four cardinal points. The eastern tower has been converted into a gate tower.
1200-1300 | The core of the church is a three-aisled, Romanesque basilica from the 13th century. |
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1291 | First documented mention of Alțâna |
1374 | The Counts of Alțâna strive for the office of king judge of the Nocirch chair. |
1456 | Again, the chair of the region is named after the town of Alțâna |
1532 | With 87 families, Alțâna is the largest community in the Nocrich see. |
1549-1557 | The Seven Chairs support construction work at the fortifications at Alțâna : seven barrels of lime and 20 guilders |
1588 | Prince Sigismund Báthori expressly confirms that the royal judgeship is tied to Nocrich. |
1593 | The community of Alțâna buys the hereditary county rights and property from Paul Gerendy and is thus free. |
1853 | The old bell tower will be demolished and today's Neo-Gothic bell tower will be built. |
1999 | The baptismal font, cast in 1404 in the workshop of the Sibiu master Leonhardus, was stolen in 1999 and given up as lost. |
2020 | The vault over the central nave of the evangelical church in Alțâna collapsed, the organ was damaged. |