Barsbese Reformed Church

In 1716, the local Calvinist believers managed to build a parish in the village, and the church's seat was moved to Besé, but at that time they did not yet have a church. During the Counter-Reformation, the church weakened, its number of members decreased, Besé was attached to the Pozba parish, and it still functions as a daughter church to this day. In 1793, three families from Besé donated their land to the Calvinist church with the aim of building a church, a classroom and a teacher's apartment. Due to limited funds, it was only enough for a modest classroom and a teacher's apartment, and a house of prayer was built instead of a church. 1828 was an important year for the believers, when a wooden belfry was erected in the middle of the village, and its bell called the members of the Calvinist community to worship. In 1895, big plans were made again, to build a new school, teachers' quarters, and a church instead of the old one, which was in poor condition, but the construction of the church was postponed again due to the high costs. In 1928, on the 100th anniversary of the erection of the wooden bell tower, its renovation took place, but the believers of Bes had to wait a long time for their church to be built. Preparations had already begun in the 1930s, but the Calvinist church was only built in 1963, at that time without a tower, which was added three years later.