Church of Saint John the Baptist, Gothic church in Turnov, Czech Republic
The Church of Saint John the Baptist is a single-nave, roughly square early Gothic building of rubble masonry, standing on raised ground in the cemetery of Nudvojovice, a detached part of Turnov. Its rectangular presbytery has four narrow pointed windows and a south early Renaissance portal; the west portal is neo-Romanesque from the 1894 restoration. The nave holds a replica of the 1726 painted plank ceiling.
The Cistercians of Hradiště had the church built around 1250 as the parish church of Nudvojovice, on a rise above the Jizera floodplain. It kept that role until 1551, when it became a filial church of Turnov; it was restored after the Thirty Years' War. Closed as dilapidated in 1881, it reopened in 1894 after a major repair, and renovation completed in 2006 ended with a blessing.
The village name Nudvojovice gave the church its designation, and the building has been a filial church of Turnov since 1551. The cemetery around it is dominated by several memorial lindens and ashes of notable size. The Renaissance epitaph of Jiří Reinolt of Štiřín, steward of Hrubý Rohozec, dated 1590, carries names added between 1570 and 1590.
The church stands in Nudvojovice, a remote part of Turnov, on elevated ground in a walled cemetery, not in the town centre. It is a branch church of the Turnov parish, so services are occasional; check the Litoměřice diocese schedule before going.
The church stands in Nudvojovice, a remote part of Turnov, not in the town centre. Its cemetery is dominated by several memorial lindens and ashes of notable size, and the building has been a protected cultural monument since 1964.
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