Church of Saint Bartholomew, Gothic church in Kunžak, Czech Republic.
The Church of Saint Bartholomew is a Roman Catholic church in Kunžak, Jindřichův Hradec District. Its present appearance dates mainly from 1808, after fires in 1742 and 1808 altered the building. A five-storey square tower, 24.8 m high and topped with an Italian-style helm roof, was added to the church in 1556.
The church is first documented in 1370; a wooden chapel from the early 14th century probably stood here before a Romanesque rebuilding. A fire in 1556 led to a Gothic reconstruction, and further fires in 1742 and 1808 altered its appearance. The present form dates mainly from 1808, when the five-storey prismatic tower, 24.8 m high and topped by an Italian-style helm, was already part of the church.
The church is the centre of the Roman Catholic parish of Kunžak in the Jindřichův Hradec district. Its dedication to Saint Bartholomew is recalled each year on 24 August, the saint's feast day, when the parish celebrates its patron. The building is listed as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
The church stands in the village of Kunžak in the Jindřichův Hradec district, South Bohemian Region. Its five-storey prismatic tower, 24.8 m high and topped by an Italian-style helm roof, was added in 1556 and is the easiest landmark to orient by. The present appearance of the building dates mainly from after the 1808 fire.
The five-storey square tower, added in 1556, reaches 24.8 metres and is topped by an Italian-style helm roof. The church's present appearance probably dates from 1808, after the last of three fires, in 1742 and 1808, had altered it.
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