Holy Trinity Church in Horní Jelení, Cultural monument and church in Horní Jelení, Czech Republic.
Holy Trinity Church in Horní Jelení is a single-nave church on 5. května street, east of the town centre, oriented toward the centre. A central tower topped by a belfry and a pyramidal roof dominates the building, which was largely rebuilt in Neo-Gothic style in 1850–1866. A Baroque wooden altar stands in the rear part of the interior.
Knight Heřman Varlich of Bubna and on Skášov, owner of the surrounding estates, commissioned the church, built in 1600–1602 with a wooden bell tower. He died in 1602 and was buried in a crypt beneath an ornate tombstone, which became a family burial place of the Bubna of Litic. A wooden rectory was added in 1698, replaced by a masonry one in 1823. In 1850–1864 the church was rebuilt in Neo-Gothic style, completed in 1866; in 1876 the remains of Count Ferdinand Antonín of Bubna (1768–1825), a general of the Napoleonic Wars, were brought from Milan to the family tomb.
The church holds the tomb of Heřman Varlich of Bubna and Skášov, who commissioned the building and died in 1602; his decorated tombstone in the crypt made it a burial place of the Bubna of Litic family. In 1876 the remains of Count Ferdinand Antonín of Bubna (1768–1825), a commander in the Napoleonic Wars, were brought here from Milan.
The location is easily reached from village roads in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Visitors should note that access may vary depending on when religious services or local events are taking place.
In 1876 the remains of Count Ferdinand Antonín z Bubna (1768–1825), a commander in the Napoleonic Wars, were brought here from Milan and placed in the Bubna family tomb. The church crypt, covered by an ornate tombstone, holds Heřman Varlich z Bubna, who commissioned the building and died in 1602.
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