F. Mentényi Klára szerk.: Műemlékvédelmi Szemle 1995/1-2. szám Az Országos Műemléki Felügyelőség tájékoztatója (Budapest, 1995)

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medieval church. The investigation has unearthed the remains of the demolished choir, fragments of the partly destroyed southern window and the three layers of the wall painting. (First layer - 13th century, second layer - 15th century, third layer - end of the 16th-beginning or the 17th century.) Although the church is first mentioned in written sources in 1320, consecrated to St. Michael, it is reasonable to presume, that it had been built in the second half of the 13th century. The rectangular nave of the brick church is continuing in a semicircular choir. In the southern wall of the nave there are three, small size, ogival, brick arched windows. In the axis of the western wall there is a door without stone frame. The floor was made of rammed clay. The exterior facades were white-washed, while the interior richly decorated with wall paintings. In the 15th century the interior was repainted. At the end of the 16th century, or latest in the first third of the 17th century smaller changes were made, like small niches carved in the side walls, changes in the form of the two south-western windows and perhaps the repair of the plaster. Most important are the paintings covering the exterior sides of the two southwestern windows and their surroundings, making a frame of foliage, palmettes and flowers. The medieval church was basically rebuilt in 1830. In this period the medieval choir was pulled down, and the nave was lengthened towards east. In the western end of the nave a gallery was situated. The tower was erected in 1863. At this time were the present galleries made, in place of the demolished western part.