Churches

Acâş was the centre of the domain of the Ákos kindred. The kindred founded the monastery already in the second half of the 12th century.

The present church, built in 1862, has a single nave and a semicircular apse.

There is no direct information on the building of the gothic church of the Agriş, but, according to its style, the edifice can be dated to the 15th century.

The construction was carried out between 1862 and 1864, and it was supervised by the craftsman Schwartz, from Satu Mare.

The church was built between 1848 and 1863.

The edifice may be one of the seven churches built by Zsuzsanna Báthori, in the 15th century. As the majority of the churches from the region, the one of Apa, was used by the Calvinists starting from the 16th century.

There is little information on the medieval church, except of few descriptions from the 19th century.

The church was built in the Middle Ages. The choir has a polygonal end: three sides of an octagon.

The church was the tallest in the area in 1828, the year of its construction.

A document from 1424 mentions that the church of Beltiug was dedicated to The Holy Virgin.

The nave of the church was made probably in the 15th century.

The church was radically transformed through the centuries, so that today only three walls are still standing from the medieval period.

The present building was made between 1880 and 1890, and it has a single nave, with a semicircular apse.

The monastery, dedicated to the Apostles St Peter and Paul, is located above the village of Bixad, on the terrace of the Oaş Mountains, surrounded by a beautiful landscape.

Probably the foundation of the monastery was made in the 11th century, by the kindred Kaplony, the exact date, however, is unknown.

The church was built between 1895 and 1896.

The present church was built thirty years later, from the donations of the community.

The present Greek Catholic church of Carei was built by the administrator of the Károlyi domain, Demeter Rácz, between 1737 and 1739.

The building of the church was started in 1752 by the local community.

A drawing from the 18th century shows that the church kept its medieval structure at that time, in resemblance with other known edifices of the 15th century in the region: polygonal sanctuary, buttresses, and a tower on the western façade.

he construction work of the synagogue was started in 1866, and the Neologist community renovated and modified it in 1890.

The present church has a medieval origin, with a polygonal sanctuary and buttresses at the exterior corners.

The church is one of the most beautiful wooden ecclesiastic monuments of Satu Mare County.

The majority of the medieval parts were replaced during the renovation of 1869, when even the wooden tower, dating from the 18th century, was demolished in order to build a higher stone tower on the western façade.

Built in 1770, it is one of the oldest stone churches of this region.

The building is significant because of the two semicircular side apses that have on each of their tops a small tower.

The church was built in gothic style, in the 14th or 15th century.

The year of building the first church is unknown. The old edifice was demolished in 1869, and the construction of the new church was was started on 15th October of the same year.

The present church was built in Gothic style in the 15th century. The edifice has a single nave and a tower joined to the western façade. The sanctuary is closed with three sides of an octagon.

The church was built in 1700, and it perpetuates the form of the wooden churches with pentagonal apse.

Near the church a belfry was built in 1762. It is 20 meters high, and it has four turrets at the upper part.

The church was built on the site of the old wooden church, in 1836.

According to the tradition, the church was built with the help of Zsuzsanna Bathory in the 15th century.

The second church was made according to the plan of Joseph Bitthauser, in the period between 1793 and 1795.

The villagers transported the stones for the building from the valley of River Rău (Bad).

The present church probably reuses a part of the old edifice.

his church was built from donations of the local community, during the service of the parson Ion Anderco: between 1847 and 1857.

The church was built between 1818 and 1823, on the place of the former wooden church.

The new inhabitants built in the 1730s a wooden church, though the ruins of the old stone edifice were still visible then.

The new church was made after Joseph Bitthauser’s plan, in 1786.

The sanctuary of the medieval church is narrower than the nave, being closed with three sides of a hexagon.

he present church kept the walls of the medieval church, proved by the two narrow windows discovered on the southern façade.

The present church was probably built in the second half of the 18th century; the tower and the side-nave were made in the 19th century.

The orientation, the structure of the ground plan, the polygonal sanctuary of the church and the buttresses suggest that the building is medieval.

The name of the village comes from the former name of the medieval church, St Nicholas.

The present church, built in 1900, is one of the most impressive churches in the region.

The Roman Catholic community was settled here by the local nobles, the Becsky of Santău family.

The construction of the church was started at the initiative of Bishop Grigorie Maior (1715–1785), who financed the whole work.

The emperor Francis I transformed the bishopric from Agria in archbishopric, in 1804, therefore Satu Mare became the centre of the new bishopric.

Albin Tischler, the priest of Urziceni, made the plan of the two-towered church with a polygonal sanctuary.

The construction started in 1793, and the work was coordinated by the mason Zsigmond Preinlich.

The place of the new church is behind the former medieval edifice, in the old cemetery.

The building was made between 1935 and 1936 on the idea and plans of the famous artist Aurel Popp from Satu Mare.

The first bishop living in the palace was János Hám, since 1851.

The church is one of the most representative architectural monuments of the city, built between 1932 and 1937.

The church had one nave, the tower was added to the western façade.

The church, considered the first orthodox “cathedral” of Satu Mare, was built between 1937 and 1938, during the service of archdean Ioan Rusdea.

The boy’s orphanage was founded by the canon Ferenc Irsik, and the church was built in 1913.

The work of construction ended in 1842.

The nave of the church is made in classic style, and the prominent tower, flanked by two small towers, decorated with neoroman and neogothic elements, dominate the main facade.

The present synagogue was built in Romantic style, in 1889and it is provided with a three axed jutty, crowned with the slides of the 10 commandments, themselves situated on the top of the tympanum, all of them situated at the upper level of the main façade.

The church was built in the 18th century from massive wooden-beams, joined in the form of the so called “swallow’s tail”.

The church was built between 1784 and 1789.

According to the inscription on the key-stone of the altar screen, the church was almost finished in 1476.

The vernacular history kept the tradition of a wooden church, dating from the 17th century.

The small sized edifice is probably medieval. It can be assumed that it was made at the end of the 13th century, or at the beginning of the 14th century.

The church was built in 1850, and it has an impressive porch, a nave and an apse. The porch has a triangular gable held by four columns.

According to the tradition, the present-day church was built on the place of the former wooden church, in 1773.

The present church has one nave, the vaulted sanctuary is polygonal, and holds on strong buttresses on the outside.

The conscription of 1747 mentions the church, covered with straw, and it is mentioned also the new owner’s plan to make a new stone edifice.