Fából és deszkából. A miskolci Deszkatemplom (Miskolc, 1999)
A Deszkatemplom története (összegzés angolul)
Under Hevesy' s leadership, a great majority of the population of this market town became Reformed. From that time until the 18 th century, nothing is known of any Catholic church activity in Miskolc, and the population of Miskolc held its services in the Avas church. The Reformation spread at the time when Miskolc, like the majority of market towns, began to develop significantly. With the election of the Reformed pastor, there was a change in the relation between the city and church: the city council became the patron and proprietor of the church, minister and school, and thus performed the function of the presbytery. The tasks related to the church and the school significantly helped the council and city to gain independence, power, and the ability to become a civil community. The city continued to develop even during the Turkish invasion, and at that time such outstanding pastors as poet and humanist István Csulyak Miskolci, and puritan teacher János Dali Tolnai were pastors here. As the Turks were driven out of the country, the Habsburg influence was strengthened, and Catholicism was reintroduced beginning in the 18 th century. In spite of this, the number of Reformed residents increased, and a new place of worship was made necessary. Already in the 17 th century a building was constructed in the central cemetery, where funeral services were conducted. The present location of the Deszka church was a part of the Medieval market town, but outside of the inhabited area. At the beginning of the 15 th century, the city was divided into two parts. The present Deszka church and cemetery was in the „new city". The name of the area, Tetemvár, refers to the cemetery, „tetem" meaning corpse. The first reference to the cemetery dates back 300 years, the first surviving documents mentioning the present cemetery next to the church are from the end of the 17' century. The ancient cemetery of Miskolc lay and still lies around the Saint István parish church on the Avas hill, which later became the Reformed Avas church. The second cemetery was placed above the Diósgyőr section of town after a plague in middle of the 17 lh century. The cemetery around the Deszka church was mentioned as the „third cemetery" by the city register dating from 1697. This register also mentions a place of worship next to the cemetery. Although services already took place here, the Reformed church council chose a location near the centre of the city to build the second church between 1786 and 1808.
