The town of Agnita is located in the eastern part of Sibiu county, on the banks of the Hârtibaci river. Documented from 1317-1320 under the name of Vallis Sancte Agnetia, the locality received in 1466 a partial exemption from participating in a state gala for the men of the fortress garrison.
Already from the 19th century, the town was economically active, with the establishment of the first leather factory in 1873, in the form of the cooperative society of Agnita. In 1924, the doors of a glove and hosiery manufacturing enterprise were opened.
The current hall-type church, of unknown date of construction, has a pentagonal altar plan, the height of the hall and traces of rib vaults in the south aisle, suggesting the possible attribution of construction to the early 14th century. The tribunes above the side aisles are later dated.
In 1892, the fortifications were removed during a restoration, leaving only the brick parapet on the belfry and the buttresses near the choir.
Initially, three enclosures were built around the church, of which only four square towers with stone galleries remain today. The first enclosure seems to have been made long before the church was built.
Source: The Peasant Citadels of Transylvania (Ministry of Tourism, 1982)