Chapel of Saint Anthony, Baroque chapel in Dolní Kounice, Czech Republic

The Chapel of Saint Anthony in Dolní Kounice is a Baroque structure featuring architectural elements designed by Franz Anton Grimm. The building displays the characteristic style of religious structures built throughout the region during that period.

The chapel was founded in 1654 by the mayors and reeves of Dolní Kounice and other villages of the estate as a votive chapel against natural disasters. The original building was demolished and replaced in 1757 by the present Baroque chapel, designed by František Antonín Grimm and financed by Prince Karel Maxmilián of Ditrichštejn. Under Joseph II it was to be demolished, but the people of Závodí saved it, arguing that floods often swept away the bridge and cut them off from the parish church.

The chapel is locally called Antoníček. Its pilgrimage, held on the first Sunday after 13 June, once drew up to 1,700 pilgrims and 32 masses with Czech and German sermons. Since Joseph II banned processions from other parishes, it has remained a feast of the Dolní Kounice parish, and a wine pilgrimage is held here on 5 May.

The chapel is located in Dolní Kounice and can be reached on foot as it is integrated into the village setting rather than isolated. The site is straightforward to access and can be visited easily while walking through the area.

In the chapel tower hung two bells: an older, larger one cast in 1586, taken from another church, and a newer one from 1658, confiscated for military use in 1917. Two small mortars about 50 cm long were also kept here, fired by veterans during town festivities.