Church of Saint George in Horní Slavkov, Gothic church in Horní Slavkov, Czech Republic

The Church of Saint George in Horní Slavkov is a single-nave late Gothic building with a long polygonal presbytery and a western tower topped by an octagonal storey and baroque cupola. A prismatic bell tower of 1593 stands in the cemetery wall, and the north tower's base now serves as the sacristy.

The present church was commissioned by Johann Pflug von Rabenstein between 1517 and 1520 on a slope above the town, and the presbytery was completed in 1525 according to an inscription. It was conceived as a fortified church with a perimeter wall and bastion, since Horní Slavkov had no town walls. A free-standing prismatic bell tower was added in 1593; the north tower was later demolished for structural reasons.

The church takes its name from Saint George, the patron saint who held importance in local religious life. The building served as a gathering place for the mining community and remained central to everyday spiritual practices.

The church stands on a slope above the town, and its former fortified cemetery wall with a horseshoe-shaped bastion still encloses the grounds. In season the main prismatic bell tower is opened to the public for views over Horní Slavkov and the surrounding countryside. Restoration work funded partly by the Restart programme continues, so parts of the site may be closed.

The church was designed from the outset as a town fortress: lacking town walls, Horní Slavkov relied on the church and its massive stone churchyard wall with loopholes and a horseshoe-shaped bastion as a citadel. In 1728 a jail was installed in the southern bastion.