Church of the Resurrection of Christ, Protestant church in Hrob, Czech Republic.
The Church of the Resurrection of Christ is a former Protestant parish church in Hrob, built in 1900–1902 to a design by the Dresden firm Schilling & Graebner, with Rudolf Wettstein as builder. It is considered the first Art Nouveau church in the Czech lands, rising from rough-hewn bossed ashlar blocks with a monumental tower and cross-ribbed vaults.
The building was completed in 1902 and originally served the Evangelical Church in Austria. It later transitioned to become part of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church after regional changes.
The church is the oldest Art Nouveau church in the Czech Republic and the first sacred building by the Dresden firm Schilling & Graebner on Czech soil. Its windows once showed scenes from the life of Martin Luther, destroyed around 2000.
The church is owned by the Czechoslovak Hussite Church and leased by the town of Hrob, which maintains the surrounding park and guards the building against vandalism. No services are held here, so the interior is not open for regular visits; the town also services the hand-wound clock 30 metres up.
The Dresden firm Schilling & Graebner built this as its first sacred work on Czech soil, and it is considered the oldest Art Nouveau church in the country. Its tower rises without a break, with a three-sided porch at the base.
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