Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Catholic church in Hýskov, Czech Republic.
The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary is a single-nave Neo-Romanesque church from the 1840s on a hill in the centre of Hýskov. It has a rectangular plan ending in a five-sided sacristy on the east, lime-plastered walls and a saddle roof with bobrovky tiles. Its designer was Antonín Jiruš, director of the Fürstenberg building office.
The church was built in the 1840s as a filial church for the parish of Železná, replacing a chapel that had burned down in the former settlement of Stará Huť. It was consecrated in 1850. A memorial cross was erected by its south wall in 1863, and in 1904 the exterior and interior were modified. The building has been protected as a cultural monument since 2004.
The church belongs to the Beroun parish and has held Mass again since 1998, on the second Saturday of each month at 18:00. The side altars show Saint Florian and Saint John of Nepomuk, saints tied to fire and water, whom villagers have long invoked for protection.
The building is most easily accessed during scheduled mass times and religious celebrations. Visitors should check ahead about current opening times to ensure the church is open for a visit.
The organ predates the church: built in 1846 by Ferdinand Leopold Martin Guth of Čistá, it was repaired in 1851, cleaned in 1934 and restored in 2012–13 by Vladimír Turnwald. The tower's two bells by Prague founder Karel Bellmann, dedicated to St Charles Borromeo and St Joseph, were destroyed in the world wars.
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