The old name of the village was Szend, occurring as "Zenth" in old charters, meaning saint.

The village was destroyed after the capture of Buda in the Turkish wars in the 16th century.

In the early years of the 17th century it was repopulated by the new landowners, the Lorántffy and the Rákóczi family.

Such double church can be found in ruin form at Dörgicse, Balaton-highland.

During Reformation the church was transformed to the needs of the Calvinist requests and a new tower was built in 1820.