This late Gothic cemetery church was built in 1575–1577, away from the village centre.
It was probably built by Evangelical (Lutheran) worshippers, but over the centuries it changed hands between Protestants and Catholics several times, depending on which church held sway in Hodruša at the time.
By then the war with the Ottomans was raging, so in 1580 the church was surrounded by a defensive wall which did not, however, save it from being burned. This is recorded in an inscription on the cemetery gate, and the relief on the Renaissance stone gate still bears traces of the church’s late 16th-century fortifications. The bells date from 1796 and 1880.
The church and its gate are among the most important sacred monuments in the village, and the church is a national cultural monument. Around it stretch beautiful, extensive Catholic and Evangelical cemeteries.
