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The Baroque parish church of Lendava (Lendva) is dedicated to St Catherine of Alexandria and stands at the heart of the cultural centre of the Hungarians of Prekmurje. It was built by the Esterh\u00e1zy family in the mid-18th century.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The parish of Lendava is first mentioned in 1334. A smaller church was built on the site of the present one around 1503. During the Reformation Lendava was an important Protestant centre \u2013 in 1574 the Lutheran pastor Gy\u00f6rgy Kulcs\u00e1r published his Postilla here \u2013 and the B\u00e1nffy family, lords of the castle, also became Lutherans; Krist\u00f3f B\u00e1nffy returned to the Catholic faith in 1598 and had a church built next to the castle, completed by 1608. It burned down in 1683 but was repaired and continued to serve the faithful.<\/p>\n

At the end of the 17th century Lendava passed to the Esterh\u00e1zy family. The present church was built by the Esterh\u00e1zy princes between 1749 and 1751 and consecrated in 1751 by Ferenc Thauszy, Bishop of Zagreb. Its layout was adapted to the street, so \u2013 unusually \u2013 it does not face east.<\/p>\n

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The Baroque church has four side altars, and the high altar is flanked by statues of four Doctors of the Church: St Ambrose, St Jerome, St Gregory and St Augustine. The image of St Catherine in the sanctuary was painted by the Italian artist Felix Barazutti in 1800. Burials took place in the crypt beneath the church between 1790 and 1916.<\/p>\n

According to the canonical visitation record of 1778, services were already being held in the church in both Hungarian and Wendish (Slovene). During the First World War its bells were requisitioned for military use; new ones were installed in 1926. A modern statue of King St Stephen stands in front of the church.<\/p>\n

Visiting:<\/strong> the church stands in the centre of Lendava; it is worth combining with a visit to the Esterh\u00e1zy castle above it, home since 1973 to the Lendava Gallery and Museum. The B\u00e1nffy Centre, the hub of Hungarian cultural life, is also in the town centre, and the Baroque Holy Trinity Chapel stands on the vine-covered hill above the town.<\/p>\n

Sources: Wikipedia<\/a> \u00b7 Wikipedia (Slovene)<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo: Krzysztof Golik \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a> \u00b7 Photo: Nxr-at \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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