Church of Saint John the Baptist in Rochlice, Religious monument in Rochlice, Czech Republic.
The Church of Saint John the Baptist in Rochlice is a plain Baroque structure divided by pilasters into three axes, with a semicircular presbytery and a flat-ceilinged nave. Its west tower is square and rusticated below, topped by an octagonal lantern with two bells, and two pentagonal annexes flank its corners.
Rochlice appears as a parish already in the mid-14th century, and from 1600 to 1624 Lutheran pastors served a probably wooden church built by the Redern family. After the Thirty Years' War and the Counter-Reformation it became a Catholic parish dedicated to St John the Baptist in 1652, was rebuilt in masonry around 1658, and gained a tower in 1692, rebuilt after a fire in 1800.
The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist, a dedication it received in 1652 after the Thirty Years' War, when it passed from Lutheran to Catholic use. Its main altar of 1709 carries a painting of the Baptism in the Jordan by an unknown artist, and the Appelt family tomb of 1746 lies in the southern annex of the tower.
The church stands in Liberec-Rochlice, in the upper Nisa valley; the tower with its octagonal top and lantern faces west, so approach from that side to see the two corner annexes. The south annex holds the Appelt tomb of 1746, closed by an ornate wrought-iron grille from the early 18th century. Services are listed in the Litoměřice diocese schedule.
The church is registered in the Czech Monument Catalogue with the identification number 21469/5-4165, placing it within the national protection system. This designation means the building receives ongoing oversight to maintain its status as cultural heritage.
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