Church of Saint Anne, Gothic church in Velké Předměstí, Czech Republic
The Church of Saint Anne is a Gothic church building with stone walls and timber roof, combining traditional architectural features from medieval Bohemia. The structure displays characteristic elements of the architectural style from that period.
A wooden chapel stood on the hill before 1507, when Jiří of Ronšperk laid the foundation stone of the late Gothic church. It was consecrated on 5 April 1516 by Bishop Peter Kraft of Regensburg. After 1515 Volf Dobrohost funded the work, and his coat of arms is on the north side of the presbytery. In the mid-18th century František Norbert of Trauttmansdorff paid for Baroque alterations.
The main feast was celebrated on the Sunday after 26 July, when pilgrimages brought believers to the church. The miraculous statue of Saint Anne, about 30 cm tall, was kept in a glass case above the tabernacle. Countess Anna Maria of Trauttmansdorff had a stone Stations of the Cross built along the road to the church in 1696.
The church stands on a small hill about 1 km west of Horšovský Týn, reached by a path lined with five stone Stations of the Cross erected by Countess Anna Maria of Trauttmansdorff in 1696. The area around the church was turned into a wooded park in the 19th century, and the site is a protected cultural monument.
The smaller of the tower's two bells, cast with a relief of the Virgin Mary, was moved to the church of Sts. Peter and Paul in Horšovský Týn during the site's decline. It returned in 1991 after the church was reconsecrated, backed by mayor and Prince Rudolf Trauttmansdorff, but vanished without trace after 2000.
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