Sloup se sousoším Nejsvětější Trojice, Holy Trinity Column in Teplá, Czech Republic

The Holy Trinity Column in Teplá is a sandstone monument featuring double-sided sculptures at its summit, accompanied by statues and relief carvings of saints on the pedestal. The shaft has an octagonal shape with detailed relief work throughout.

The column was erected in 1721 at the expense of Zacharias Adalbert, a free baron of Hittern born in Teplá. Its sculptor is uncertain: Oswald Josef Wenda was long proposed, but he died in that year, and Johann Karl Stilp is now favoured. Repairs are recorded on the column for 1765, 1808, 1855, 1881, 1928 and 1972, with restoration in 2006–2008.

The sculptural group on the cornice faces east: God the Father and Christ sit on clouds, and between them a dove of the Holy Spirit floats on a rayed glory. The lower statues point to the Premonstratensian monastery, notably Blessed Hroznata, its founder. The donor was Zacharias Adalbert, a free baron of Hittern and a native of Teplá.

The column stands in the upper part of the sloping square, below the former old school, now the town hall, with its front facing northeast. The Church of St Giles (1762–1765) rises just north of it, and an early 19th-century stone fountain lies to the south. Both are also protected monuments.

The column carries the dates of its repairs: 1765, 1808, 1855, 1881, 1928 and 1972. The 1928 record notes that the Trinity group was regilded, inscriptions repaired and oaks around the monument felled because they partly hid it.