Zvonice, Bell tower in Hostěnice, Czech Republic.
Zvonice is a freestanding brick bell tower on a square plan, built in 1877 in the Classicist style beside the II/383 road. Its side walls have two round windows stacked above a rectangular entrance, and the facade is divided by pilasters. The smaller bell stage has a single round-arched window on each side and is topped by a pyramidal tiled roof ending in a finial with a three-armed cross.
The brick bell tower was built in 1877 in the Neoclassical style beside the road II/383. Its bell was cast by the bellfounder Martin Weber. In 1988 repairs replaced manual ringing with an electric mechanism on a timer; further repairs followed in 2001, and in 2015 a linear drive was installed for the bell.
The bell in the tower was cast by bell-founder Martin Weber and hung in the bell chamber of the 1877 structure. In 1988 restoration work replaced manual ringing with an electric mechanism on a timer, and a linear drive for the bell was installed during repairs in 2015. The building is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
The bell tower stands beside road II/383 in Hostěnice and is a free-standing brick structure, so it can be viewed from the roadside at any time. The bell was rung by hand until 1988, when electric ringing with a timer was installed; a linear drive followed in 2015. Look for the two round windows stacked on the side walls and the rectangular entrance.
The bell in the belfry was cast by the bellfounder Martin Weber and hung there when the tower was built in 1877. Hand ringing ended in 1988, when it was replaced by an electric mechanism with a timer; a linear drive was installed during the 2015 repair.
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