Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, Gothic church in Zahájí, Czech Republic.

The Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary is a two-nave church formed by joining two originally separate Gothic churches after a fire in 1742. The older late-13th-century nave has a rectangular presbytery; the second, added in the second half of the 15th century on the north side, has a polygonal presbytery. Baroque repairs unified them into one building.

The church was built in the late 13th century in the early Gothic style as a parish church for Mydlovary, Olešník and Zahájí; from the 15th to the 17th century it was a filial church of the Purkarec parish. In the second half of the 15th century a second church with a polygonal presbytery was added on the north side. During the Battle of Zahájí in May 1742, both churches burned down and were subsequently joined into a single two-nave building in the Baroque style.

The church was formerly a pilgrimage church, which explains the Gothic statue of the Virgin Mary on the main portal altar from the first half of the 18th century. The altars also carry statues of St Zacharias, St Elizabeth, St Joachim and St Anne, and the north nave has an altar to St John the Baptist.

The church sits in the center of the village of Zahájí and is easily reached on foot. Visitors should remember this is an active place of worship and plan their visit respectfully.

The church was built in the late 13th century in the early Gothic style, and in the second half of the 15th century a second church with a polygonal presbytery was added on its north side. Both burned during the Battle of Zahájí in May 1742, part of the War of the Austrian Succession, and were then joined into a single two-nave building in the Baroque repairs.