Fortified Church
CrainimătA Late-Gothic church dedicated to Saint Mary was built at the end of the 15th century. The choir has a 5/8 apse and the church walls are supported by buttresses. The cross-ribbed-vaulted choir is lit up by bipartite traceried windows. In the choir, the ribs stand on engaged pillars and consoles. The church hall has a Baroque vault on cross springers and pilasters. Fragments of a buttress-supported enclosing wall surround the church in the form of an irregular oval. The bell tower with cross-vaulted ground floor stands in the north, on the inner side of the defence wall. The portals have stone framing. A bricked-up door on the first upper floor indicates the height of the former wall-walk. The church is now used by the Romanian Orthodox community.
Fortified Church
CrainimătA Late-Gothic church dedicated to Saint Mary was built at the end of the 15th century. The choir has a 5/8 apse and the church walls are supported by buttresses. The cross-ribbed-vaulted choir is lit up by bipartite traceried windows. In the choir, the ribs stand on engaged pillars and consoles. The church hall has a Baroque vault on cross springers and pilasters. Fragments of a buttress-supported enclosing wall surround the church in the form of an irregular oval. The bell tower with cross-vaulted ground floor stands in the north, on the inner side of the defence wall. The portals have stone framing. A bricked-up door on the first upper floor indicates the height of the former wall-walk. The church is now used by the Romanian Orthodox community.
There is a Late-Gothic round-arched tabernacle alcove in the northern choir wall, with engaged Gothic scrollwork decoration.
The baroque altar has a small picture of the Last Supper on the predella. In the center field of the altar is a statue of Christ with a chalice. The center field is flanked by two pairs of columns, spiral and round. Further out are statues of Moses and John. The lateral outer edge of the altar is formed by baroque tendrils. Above the massive cornice is a crucifixion image bordered by volutes, flanked by two angels, above which is a radiantly surrounded eye of God. On the back is the following inscription: "Pictum AD 1761 d. 29. Septemb. sub Pastoratu P D. D. Mich. Gross, Georg Hanik, Martin Mössel, aeditui".
The bell tower, north of the church, is built flush into the ring wall that surrounds the church in an irregular oval. The 2nd and 3rd floors of the tower are made of stone and have small window openings with stone surrounds. The upper floor above, which also serves as a clock room, is made of bricks. On the first floor, on the east side, we find a bricked-up door with a round-arched jamb made of hewn stone. The door once led out onto the battlements. The three lower floors were built around 1500, possibly on the foundations of an older tower.
The gateway under the tower has a pointed stone frame as a portal to the outside. On the inside there is also a stone arched portal with simple round bar decoration.
| 1264 | First documented mention of the place. In a letter from Pope Urban IV to King Stephen, four occupied villages are mentioned, including Crainimăt ("Querali"). |
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| 1480-1520 | Construction of a late Gothic church made of stone. |
| 1494 | The inhabitants of the village complain to King Vladislas II about the Count of Bálványos, who prevents them from regulating the river. |
| 1711 | Soldiers set fire to the village, causing great damage. |
| 1988 | The organ from 1874 built by Wilhelm Hörbiger from Sibiu was sold to Sfântu Gheorghe. |
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