History

There is no official document to state the exact date when the church was built but it is believed that it was erected around 1450. The church was founded by the nuns of the Order of Saint Clare, or the Clarisses, and the first written record dates from 1486. In 1543, as in the case of many other monasteries in Transylvania, the Lutherans expelled the order from town, and the whole church as well as the monastery was emptied and used as a granary until 1644 when it was restored to its initial status and was used as a Lutheran place of worship.

Along with the Austrian Royal Army, representatives of the Jesuit and Franciscan order made their entry to Brașov in 1686. In 1716 the Jesuit monks moved in but an extensive fire destroyed much of the edifice. In 1724 two generals in the Austrian army, Königsegg and Tige, contributed to the rebuilding of the church which was then handed over to the monks of the Franciscan order and inaugurated in 1725. The following years began the furnishing of the interior which, according to the customs of the time, was manufactured by talented members of the order. The next period saw further changes. In 1745 a chapel was attached to the southern side of the church in honour of St Anne. After a second devastating fire, some of the adjacent buildings became unusable and had to be demolished. That is where the sacristry was built in 1783.