Liviu, Marta - Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Andrid. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2011)
Dindeşti
painting was made recently, between 1987 and 1988, when the iconostasis was replaced. The Calvinist Church. The first information about the Calvinist community of Andrid date to 1568. The initial phase of the wall church dates before 1787, when the first written documents were made on its general aspect: it was surrounded by an enclosure and had a bell tower. After the earthquake of 1834, the walls cracked and the tower collapsed, forcing to entirely rebuild the edifice. Works of restoration started in 1839, but due to the lack of funds, the tower was hardly added in 1862. The church follows a specific plan, being T-shaped, and with minimal decoration. The tower added to the facade is divided into three levels, enhanced by decorative plaster cornices. The interior is painted in white with yellow decorations at the level of the pulpit and choir. The small sized organ is decorated in the same shades. Dindeşti The village was first documented in 1221, in the Register of Oradea. In 1244, it was the property of Gela of Cean, a former serf of the Middle Solnoc County, receiving then the property along with the noble status, too. Lacking direct heirs, he sold the parts of his estate at Dindeşti to the Szentemágocs nobles. Almost 40 years later, in 1283, the ownership of the piece of land sold by Gela was still not clear: the claims of his distant relatives over the land gave birth to a long and violent conflict with the members of Szentemágocs kindred. Opponents came to kill each other in a chain reaction, and the survivors of the Cean family were convicted of murder and sentenced to the confiscation of their wealth and beheading, around 1328. The other part of the village Dindeşti has a totally different history in terms of owners: King Charles Robert of Anjou donated Biserica reformată din Andrid Az érendrédi református templom The Calvinist church of Andrid Interiorul bisericii A templom belseje The interior of the church 31
