Reformed Church in Gicen

The Hungarian village of Árpád-era origin was founded in the 12th-13th centuries. Its ancient (parish) church in the center appears in the surviving written sources in the 14th century, but it can be assumed that its central core is an earlier, Romanesque building. Later, a polygonal-closed, Gothic, buttressed sanctuary was built to the east. In the Baroque era, probably around 1750, the nave was extended westward. The sanctuary was re-vaulted, but the nave remained flat-ceilinged. The earlier, medieval windows of the church were also rebuilt into semicircular arches, following the model of the newer ones. The classicist-style tower in front of the western facade, with walls decorated with pilasters, a bell tower and a pyramidal spire, was built in the early 19th century. Today, it houses two bells. ; Built into the wall of the ground floor room of the tower, standing upright, is the gravestone of Gábor Giczey and his wife, a member of the Giczey family, who owned the village in the Middle Ages and took their name from this settlement, carved from black stone, with a coat of arms. ; The church organ has 6 registers and is pneumatically switched. ; The roof structure of the church was renovated in 1980, the exterior in 2000, and the interior, flooring, electrical system and lighting in 2002. ; The parish of the congregation was built in 1958-59. It has a three-room pastor's residence and an office space with a separate entrance, and a congregation hall. ; In the century of the Reformation, the population of the settlement became Calvinist in 1595 and - to this day - continues to use its ancient church.