Church of Saint George in Vrané nad Vltavou, Baroque church in Vrané nad Vltavou, Czech Republic.
The Church of Saint George is a small single-nave baroque building with a tower on its north side, standing on a grassy rise in the eastern part of Vrané nad Vltavou. A semicircular apse with a presbytery on the east end and Romanesque sandstone jambs in the sacristy at the tower entrance survive from the original Romanesque structure. The tower is topped by an onion dome covered in shingles.
The building was first documented in 1352 and underwent major reconstruction during the mid-17th century that transformed it into its present baroque form. This renovation period gave the church its distinctive architectural character and interior decoration.
The church belongs to the Zbraslav parish and is still used for Mass; it also hosts music concerts and guided tours. The old cemetery around it, no longer in use, holds the graves of local residents including parish priests and a newborn child. The octagonal baroque mortuary beside it now stores tools for the upkeep of the church and grounds.
The church stands on a small rise on the eastern edge of Vrané nad Vltavou, in the street V Zídkách, surrounded on all sides by the graves of the old, no-longer-used cemetery. The octagonal baroque mortuary chapel next to it on the north side now stores tools for the upkeep of the church and grounds. The building belongs to the Zbraslav parish and is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
The church once had four bells: Saint George and Saint Margaret (both 1663), the Holy Trinity and Saint Francis Xavier (both 1888). They were seized in 1917 during the First World War; only Saint Margaret returned in 1919, and it survived the Second World War confiscations too.
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