Fortified Church Filitelnic

There is a stone baptismal font from the late Middle Ages with a wooden lid from 1780. This object from the 15th century is still present in the church and gives us an impression of the former magnificent interior. (The matching wooden lid from 1780, with wonderful carving was unfortunately stolen).

The organ with mechanical action was built in 1875 by the brothers Samuel and Friederich Binder from Sighisoara. After the ceiling collapse in 1975, an emergency church was set up in the rectory. The Binder organ and other inventory parts were moved to the adjacent rectory at that time and rebuilt there. In 2003, the rectory was broken into and some parts were unfortunately vandalized and turned over. The remaining inventory parts, by a later tenant in the rectory, sold or burned.

The small bell is pre-Reformation and dates from 1496. The inscription reads INRI 1496, followed by minuscules from the alphabet, in mirror-inverted pure order. According to folklore, the villagers brought the bell from Agrișteu, where they are said to have lived in the past. There is also a large bell from 1926. The bell from 1496 are today in the Orthodox church of the village. The bell from 1926 (large bell) still hangs in the church tower, which can be visited and rung again via a reconstructed high entrance.

The church is surrounded by a relatively well-preserved curtain wall, which was once reinforced by two towers. The gate tower in the south and a tower (foundation remains available) on the north side of the church. The gate tower bears the date 1653 and now shows again, wonderful exposed Renaissance painting, on its front. (performed work restoration team: Mr. Kiss Lòránd / Imago Picta SRL)

In the reconstructed, renovated gate bastion is now a local history museum, which was established through the support of the Teleki Foundation. At exhibition stands in three languages and exhibits from the village they can learn more about the village and its history. Also, if you go up the stairs to the tower and the museum, you will stand on the spot where the present King Charles III of England stood.

According to the chronicle, the former Lutheran rectory dates back to 1647 and was built under the reverend Martini Kayser. It once even served as a wine tavern and, of course, as the home of the pastor with his family. In 1976, after earth movements had severely damaged the church, an emergency church was set up here, which unfortunately was broken into in 2003 and much was wantonly destroyed and turned over. After the last Saxons in the village also emigrated, the few remaining inventory was moved out. For some years now, a team of voluntary helpers led by Pastor Bernd Eimterbäumler from Halle in Westphalia, in cooperation with the Arcus Association and Georg Fritsch from Austria (initiator of the Felldorf Phoenix Project), has also taken on the dilapidated vicarage in order to renovate it again and develop it as a "starting point for further helpers on the cultural heritage".