Reformed Church in Kamocsa

The congregation of the Komárom Reformed Diocese is Kamocsa. I found the first written record that marks the year of the congregation's establishment in 1550 in a presbytery record. It happened that the Kamocsa believers turned to the Ns. Komárom County with a request to recast their cracked bell, "which bell had no image on it, only the writing - Anno 1550 - which very nicely shows the antiquity of the ecclesia in the Kamotsai Helv. Conf.." ; In the first half of the 16th century, soldiers from the Komárom fortress, led by the Reformed orator and lieutenant Ernő Braunstein, camped in the countryside, and it was probably they who laid the foundations of the Protestant religion in the settlement. The village is a place with free religious practice according to the 1691 Explanatio Leopoldina. At that time, the congregation had a primitive church (prayer house) made of hedges and wood, which was struck by lightning on June 23, 1739. After the decree of tolerance of Joseph II, the construction of the new stone church that can still be seen today began in 1787, which was built in less than two years, and then a parish and a school were built. ; ; In 1793, the onion-domed tower was built in front of the church, and by 1837, with the growth of the congregation, the church proved to be too small, so with the gracious permission of Ferdinand V, it was enlarged and acquired its current form. The signs of the Baroque style in the building are considered to be particularly rare (the shape of the tower, interior furniture - pulpit, Moses' chair, railing in front of the Lord's table, etc.) ; In 1914, the congregation cast two new bells, but the faithful could not enjoy the wonderful sound of the large bell for long, because due to the World War II, it had to be handed over for military purposes in 1916, but instead a new bell was cast in 1925, whose net weight is nearly 800 kg, the small bell cast in 1914 in the tower weighs 450 kg of pure ore. ; In 1929, the holy ecclesia had our organ, which is still in use today, made from public donations by the organ manufacturer Gyula Guna in Prešov. ; The church has been renovated several times. In 1984, the wooden structure and tin plating of the church tower were completely renovated. Between 1992 and 1995, the roof structure, tiles and ceiling of the church were completely replaced, keeping in mind the original form. In 2002 and 2003, the interior of the church was replaced (new benches, flooring and ground stone). In 2016, the church's windows and doors were replaced (windows, doors), and the organ was also renovated.