Hussite church Ostrava-Michálkovice, Hussite church in Michálkovice, Czech Republic.
Hussite church Ostrava-Michálkovice stands on the southern edge of Michalské náměstí; its plan was drawn by builder Otmar Pazourek of Moravská Ostrava. The eastern section with the staircase, destroyed in the 16 March 1945 bombing, was rebuilt in 1946 as an addition somewhat different from the original structure.
Excavation for the Husův sbor began on 10 November 1924 to a plan by builder Otmar Pazourek of Moravská Ostrava. The foundation stone was laid on 17 May 1925 with a commemorative charter, but money ran short, so Christmas services in 1926 were held in the unfinished shell. A loan in mid-1927 allowed completion, and the sbor opened on 11 September 1927.
The church belongs to the Czechoslovak Hussite Church. Near the altar stands a glass case holding soil taken reverently from three WWI legionary battlefields: Zborov in Ukraine, Doss'Alto in Italy and Terron in France. Behind the building, a special entrance leads to the lower evangelical part of the cemetery, consecrated in 1901 by pastor Michalík.
The church stands on the southern edge of Michalské náměstí in Michálkovice. A separate entrance near the rear of the building once led to the evangelical section of the cemetery, consecrated in 1901; a stone cross with a verse from the Gospel of John in Polish marks that event.
Near the altar stands a display case holding soil taken reverently from three WWI legionary battlefields: Zborov in Ukraine, Doss'Alto in Italy and Terron in France. A stone cross near the rear of the building bears a verse from the Gospel of John in Polish, recalling the 1901 consecration of the cemetery's evangelical section by pastor Michalík.
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