Fortified Churches
MoardăşThe hall church dedicated to Saint Nicholas was built around 1400. The choir with a flat, polygonal apse has two cross-ribbed-vaulted bays on consoles, which display leaf and grape ornamentation and sculpture in the form of pinnacles and Gothic gables. The church hall has three sail vaults. The accurate architectural sculpture of the keystones, of the consoles, of the tracery and of the jambs is quite impressive in this relatively isolated village. The church is surrounded by an irregularly polygonal enclosing wall. In the northeast corner of the ensemble, a round tower stands in front of the defence wall. The bell tower in the western part of the church collapsed in 1880.
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Fortified Churches
MoardăşThe hall church dedicated to Saint Nicholas was built around 1400. The choir with a flat, polygonal apse has two cross-ribbed-vaulted bays on consoles, which display leaf and grape ornamentation and sculpture in the form of pinnacles and Gothic gables. The church hall has three sail vaults. The accurate architectural sculpture of the keystones, of the consoles, of the tracery and of the jambs is quite impressive in this relatively isolated village. The church is surrounded by an irregularly polygonal enclosing wall. In the northeast corner of the ensemble, a round tower stands in front of the defence wall. The bell tower in the western part of the church collapsed in 1880.
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In the center of the baroque altar from 1789 is a Crucifixion. It is flanked by columns and medallions, with a resurrection image built in above.
The church is surrounded by a square ring. In the north-east corner there is a strongly protruding round tower with a conical roof. Remains of the ring wall show that it was of considerable height.
The ribbed vault of the chancel rests on consoles decorated in various ways: leaf and grape ornaments, architectural sculpture, a kneeling figure with a basket on his back, pinnacles and lashings. The pear-shaped ribs meet in three keystones, two of which have rosettes while the third features a face mask.
| 1373 | First documented mention of the community. Pastor Michael from Moardăş is chaplain to King Ludwig of Hungary. |
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| 1400 | Construction of a Gothic hall church with west tower |
| 1414 | In the tithing dispute of the Cincu chapter against the bishop of Alba Iulia, Bartholomäus from Moardăş is mentioned among other pastors as a pastor at the St. Nicholas Church. |
| 1475 | Vlad Ţepeş resides in Mardic. |
| 1516 | Moardăş is a free municipality of the Cincu chair. It is inhabited by 40 families, 3 widows, a shepherd, a miller and a schoolmaster. |
| 1590 | Prince Sigismund Báthori awarded several court positions in Moardăş to his followers. |
| 1719 | A special church inspection found that the church and rectory building are in very poor condition. |
| 1869 | The pastor complains about the neglect of the church and churchyard. |
| 1875 | While the church members are in the forest to cut down the necessary wood to support the dilapidated tower, the tower collapses. |
| 1894 | Mismanagement and moral decay lead to desolate conditions in the community. Many residents emigrate to America. |
| 1993 | The organ is sold to Oradea. |
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