Church of the Holy Trinity in Jesenice, Catholic church and cultural monument in Jesenice, Czech Republic.
The Church of the Holy Trinity in Jesenice stands in the village centre on a gentle slope by the road to Bolechovice. The present building was raised in six months in 1799 after the old church was demolished; only the tower and parts of the north and south nave walls survived. It is a Gothic core with a Renaissance tower, later rebuilt in Baroque style, surrounded by an old cemetery with a mortuary and a wall with two gates.
Founded around 1350, the church gained a nave around 1386, when frescoes were painted in the side-altar niches. A tower was added in 1617 under Diviš Černín z Chudenic, who is buried beneath the floor. After the vault collapsed in 1799, a new church was built in six months, consecrated on 10 October 1799, keeping only the tower and parts of the nave walls.
The church holds the tomb of Diviš Černín of Chudenice, the only Catholic among the 27 Czech lords executed in Prague on 21 June 1621, buried beneath the floor. The carvings on the altars, font and pulpit were made by parish priest Antonín Lego, who served here in the late 19th century and died in Jesenice in 1901.
The church stands in the village centre on a gentle slope by the road to Bolechovice, where a local lane branches north to Hulín. The walled grounds with the old cemetery and two gates are entered through gates built in 1799. A memorial small-leaved lime with a trunk circumference of 488 cm grows in front of the church, and the first station of the cross-country way to the Jesenice Kalvárie begins right by the building.
The altarpiece is an 1862 copy of a painting by Ignác Raab, made by Bedřich Kamarýt. The pulpit, baptismal font and altar carvings are the work of parish priest Antonín Lego, who served here in the late 19th century and died in Jesenice in 1901.
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