Fortified Church
LechinţaThe fortified church stands on a hillside, north of the village centre. A towerless Gothic hall church with a 5/8apse was built in the 14th century. The choir has a cross-ribbed vault with channelled ribs. There is a three-bay, groined-vaulted aisle in the north. The outer walls are buttressed. A brick-built west gallery displays a balustrade with Late-Gothic engaged decoration. The church hall has a Baroque tunnel vault with penetrations, supported by pillars and by the outer walls. There are traceried windows in the choir. The church is surrounded by an oval, massive enclosing stone wall, which is buttressed in the south and in the east. The massive keep that at the same time serves as bell tower stands in the southeast. There are loophole niches on the inner side of the defence wall. The wall was in such a way attached to the outjutting bell tower, that enfilade fire was possible from the lateral loopholes in the tower. The tower has a plank-lined wall-walk and a pyramidal roof.
Fortified Church
LechinţaThe fortified church stands on a hillside, north of the village centre. A towerless Gothic hall church with a 5/8apse was built in the 14th century. The choir has a cross-ribbed vault with channelled ribs. There is a three-bay, groined-vaulted aisle in the north. The outer walls are buttressed. A brick-built west gallery displays a balustrade with Late-Gothic engaged decoration. The church hall has a Baroque tunnel vault with penetrations, supported by pillars and by the outer walls. There are traceried windows in the choir. The church is surrounded by an oval, massive enclosing stone wall, which is buttressed in the south and in the east. The massive keep that at the same time serves as bell tower stands in the southeast. There are loophole niches on the inner side of the defence wall. The wall was in such a way attached to the outjutting bell tower, that enfilade fire was possible from the lateral loopholes in the tower. The tower has a plank-lined wall-walk and a pyramidal roof.
The pre-Reformation (before 1545) altar table consists of a stone slab. Above the brick table rises the classicist altar, which still has Baroque elements. It may have been made around 1800. The main painting, the Blessing of the Children, is the work of A. Dörschlag, below it in the predella is a depiction of the Last Supper, above it in a Baroque-like mirror is the Resurrection.
A pew dated 1741 has remains of painting and the name of the donor : "Anna Dorothea Wolffin". The painting depicts, among other things, a human figure with a column. Another pews, dated 1745, has tendril decoration.
A Gothic baptismal font with the year 1494 has the shape of a chalice standing on a profiled octagonal base. The stone is painted over. The overpainting bears the year 1853. The dome-shaped wooden attachment may also come from this period. A new marble baptismal font has neo-Gothic style elements. It bears the year 1889.
The west portal ends in a round arch archivolt with Gothic profiling. The chancel arch displays Gothic profiling and ends in a capital frieze with foliage and zoomorphic decoration.
A simple circular wall with an oval ground plan encloses the churchyard. The wall has preserved embrasures.
The 15th-century bell tower to the south-east of the church has a battlement topped by a steep pyramidal roof. The embrasures have stone borders. The large bell has an inscription in Latin which, among other things, also mentions the dignitaries at the time of its casting (1793). The middle and small bells have German inscriptions. They were cast in Sibiu in 1923. On the bell tower is a tower clock from 1861.
| 1300-1400 | Construction of a towerless Gothic hall church. |
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| 1335 | First documented mention. Pastor Johannes von Lechnitz appears among the papal taxpayers under the name "Johannes plebanus de Lekenche". |
| 1351 | Lechința is owned by various nobles, i.e. a subject community. |
| 1400-1500 | Construction of a bell tower southeast of the church. |
| 1430 | Between the Saxons of Lechința and the nobles from the northern Țigău there are disputes and violence, in the course of which two nobles are killed. |
| 1452 | Various testimonies in connection with robbery of church utensils from the Bartholomew Church of Lechința. |
| 1475 | Upon request to the king, the village receives the right to freely choose its pastor. |
| 1545 | The people of Lechința kill some nobles. For this they have to pay a large fine and borrow money from the town of Bistrita. |
| 1602 | The village is devastated during the civil war. Only one farmer survives. |
| 1642 | In Lechința live 8 families. |
| 1700-1800 | The nave is covered with a barrel vault with lunette caps. |
| 1800 | Three annual markets are held in the village. |
| 1808 | First baptism of a gypsy child. |
| 1944 | Exodus of the evangelical population in the direction of Austria. |
| 2000-Present | The Saxon Community in Germany has looked after the maintenance of the pile in the past few years. |
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