Evangelical church in Felsőszeli
Building, structure
The Lutheran church was built in 1786–1790, with a peaked main facade without a tower, and belongs to the so-called “tolerant” type. It could not be entered from the street, it did not even have an organ in the first years, and its bell tower was only built in 1830. It was rebuilt in the neoclassical style between 1856 and 1861 and a tower was added. The names of the benefactors of the church are engraved on the memorial plaque in the teplom. Its tower, which was damaged in the war, was renovated in 1978, and further repairs were carried out in 1988. The interior of the church is a polygonal hall, with arcades resting on the side pillars, and the ceiling is straight. The facade is a wall surface lined with arched windows. There is a neoclassical tower in the main wall. Above the pilasters surrounding the entrance is a triangular pediment. ; The main facade is dominated by the shaped, arched peak. The towers of the pilasters are decorated only at the top, where there are arched sound openings. The tower ends in a flattened conical roof. The central motif of the classicist altar with a pulpit is the altarpiece depicting Jesus on the Mount of Olives, a work of the painter Mihály Aumayr from 1859. The baptismal font is from 1878. The neoclassical-style organ dates from the second half of the 19th century. Two bells hung in the tower. The previous 2 bells were confiscated for military purposes in World War I, and one of the bells was similarly confiscated in World War II.