Church of All Saints, Romanesque and Gothic church building in Severní Předměstí, Plzeň, Czech Republic
The Church of All Saints is a single-nave church with a polygonal presbytery, built from sandstone blocks and rough sandstone. A Baroque entrance hall from 1743 with concave side walls and pilasters covers the southern Gothic portal, and a flamboyant-tracery window lights the presbytery.
A Romanesque church existed here by the 13th century, when it served the vanished villages of Malice and Záhoří. In 1310 Henry of Bohemia granted the Teutonic Order patronage rights, and after St. Bartholomew's became the parish church, All Saints became filial. The Gothic rebuilding began around 1380; Hussite siege damage led to repairs and consecration in 1460.
The church was long called the "mother" of Plzeň's parish church, and its former private chapel, later the sacristy, is vaulted by a rare three-part jumping vault. Today the Franciscans of the Plzeň-Severní předměstí parish care for it, helped by a civic association and residents of the Roudná quarter.
The church stands on a long rise about 1.2 km from Plzeň's centre, in the Roudná quarter of Severní Předměstí. The main entrance is the Baroque porch added in 1743 on the south side; the north portal is walled up. The building is a listed cultural monument, cared for by Franciscans and local residents.
In 1991, during reconstruction of the towers, two metal cases were found holding documents, coins and newspapers from 1938; a new case with a message for the 3rd millennium was placed back in 1992. The original bell still hangs in the tower.
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