It was built by the ethnic German Transylvanian Saxon community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary.

It was allowed to organize a market, placing it in competition with Mediaș and Moșna; it was also the see of the Saxon Lutheran Church from 1572 to 1867.

[1][2] Dedicated to the Virgin Mary and built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches,[2][3][4] the structure was constrained by the hilly landscape.

The choir is 18 m in length, with a rib-vaulted ceiling, while the three naves of equal height also have rib vaulting.

The richly decorated intarsia door of the sacristy has a complex lock, displayed at the 1889 Paris World's Fair.

Its central system blocks the door in thirteen points, ensuring the safety of the valuables kept in the sacristy.

[1] The King granted the town the right to bear arms when the Ottoman army was frightening the surroundings.

1520–1530) features a rare example of 16th-century Transylvanian mural painting, forming an exception to the austere aesthetic that predominated.