Church of Saint George, Medieval church in Jevany, Czech Republic
The Church of Saint George is a single-nave Baroque stone church on an irregular rectangular plan, the only surviving building of the abandoned village of Aldašín. A square tower with an octagonal helm rises on the west facade, added in 1771. The nave and presbytery have flat ceilings, and the windows are rectangular with segmental arches. The church and its cemetery stand among spruce forest.
Archaeological surveys date a first wooden church at Aldašín to the turn of the 14th century; in the 14th century it was replaced by a stone Gothic church first documented in 1352, when Aldašín was recorded as a parish. The village was abandoned after being burned in 1645 during the Thirty Years' War. In 1729 Marie Terezie of Liechtenstein had the church rebuilt in Baroque style, and in 1732 the dedication changed from St Bartholomew to St George. A tower was added in 1771.
The church is dedicated to Saint George, whose altar painting replaced an image of Saint Bartholomew in 1732 when the dedication changed. Mass is held every second Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. The cemetery holds the graves of Bishop Jan Lebeda, documentary filmmaker Jan Špáta, composer Karel Svoboda and Major General Jiří Birula.
The church stands in deep spruce forest above Jevany, reached by forest paths rather than a village street; the surrounding cemetery is still in use and holds the grave of bishop Jan Lebeda and composer Karel Svoboda. Mass is held every second Sunday of the month at 14:00.
The older of the church's two bells, cast in 1611 by Jakub Mělnický of Mladá Boleslav, survived both world wars because it was considered a significant monument; in the 1990s it was moved to St. Norbert's Church in Prague for fear of metal thieves, and it is meant to return to Aldašín if possible.
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