Church of Saint Martin, Baroque church in Nejdek, Czech Republic

The Church of Saint Martin is a single-nave Baroque church with a rectangular plan, a circular presbytery and a sacristy. Pilasters with composite capitals divide the nave walls, which are lit by five pairs of rectangular windows. The west facade has a segmental gable, and the main southwest facade bears a trapezoidal gable with a niche holding a statue of Christ. The nave has a flat ceiling and a two-storey gallery, while the presbytery is vaulted with a dome and conch.

A Gothic church built by Peter Plick between 1341 and 1354 preceded the present building; the parish is recorded in 1354. The Schlick family enlarged it, and in 1513 Christoph Schlick had the interior renewed, with the date inscribed on the ceiling. In 1755–1756 the church was rebuilt and enlarged by more than half, changing its ground plan and orientation.

The church remains central to local life and reflects how architecture changed across different periods of the region's history. You can observe how medieval, Renaissance, and Rococo styles coexist within the same structure.

The church stands in the town centre below the surviving bergfried of Nejdek Castle, which serves as its bell tower; the bells hang there, not in the small polygonal turret on the roof over the presbytery. The interior is lit electrically since 1910. The building is a protected cultural monument, so check locally when it is open.

The church has no tower of its own: the preserved bergfried of Nejdek Castle above it serves as its bell tower, a role it took on in the mid-17th century. In 1656 a new bell weighing eight hundredweight was cast for Count Humprecht Czernin and hung beside an older bell from 1578.