Church of Saint Nicholas, Religious monument in Ludgeřovice, Czech Republic

The Church of Saint Nicholas is a single-nave neo-Gothic building of 1906–1907, erected in unglazed and glazed brick. A polygonal chancel closes the nave, flanked by a sacristy and a storeroom with oratories above, and a 75-metre square tower with four bells rises over it.

The church was built between 1906 and 1907 on the initiative of parish priest Alois Bitta; Josef Holuscha of Dolní Benešov designed and built it. The foundation stone was laid on 15 August 1906, the shell took 17 months, and Auxiliary Bishop Karel Wisnar of Olomouc consecrated it on 18 November 1907. In 1909 the sculptor Georg Schreiner of Regensburg supplied the main altar of St Nicholas, two side altars and fourteen Stations of the Cross paintings.

The church is the parish church of the Roman Catholic parish of Ludgeřovice. In 1989 three bells were consecrated here: Saint Nicholas, Saints Joseph and Mary, and Saint Anthony; all have been kept and are still rung in turn. The church is regularly open at weekends and on public holidays under the Otevřené chrámy (Open Churches) project.

The church is regularly open on weekends and public holidays through the Otevřené chrámy (Open Churches) project. The tower rises 75 metres above the single-nave brick building, so it is easy to locate from anywhere in Ludgeřovice. The church, rectory and former farm buildings, now the Domov sv. Mikuláše home for seniors, stand together as a protected complex.

The church, the rectory and the former farm buildings, now the St. Nicholas Home for Seniors, are protected together as a single cultural monument of the Czech Republic. In 1989 three bells were consecrated here — St. Nicholas, St. Joseph and the Virgin Mary, and St. Anthony — and all have survived and are still rung in turn.