Chapel of Holy Trinity, Religious chapel in Švařec, Czech Republic

The Chapel of Holy Trinity is a Roman Catholic chapel standing outside the village of Švařec, near the road in open countryside, with a cast-iron cross in front of it. It was raised by adding masonry with semicircular windows and has a small wooden tower; two protected areas, the Švařec national nature monument and the Švařec II nature monument, lie nearby.

The chapel was probably built by German miners who extracted silver in the area. Romanesque windows found walled up behind the altar during the 2022 reconstruction date the origins of the building to the mid-13th century. Švařec is first mentioned in writing in 1348, the chapel itself only in 1519. It was rebuilt around 1700 and again in the 1760s, when it was raised with masonry and semicircular windows, a music gallery and a western porch were added.

The chapel serves locals as a place for private prayer and is maintained by the community. Its simple design reflects the religious traditions of rural life in the region.

The chapel stands outside the village near the road, in open countryside; a cast-iron cross stands in front of it. Two protected areas lie close by, the national natural monument Švařec and the natural monument Švařec II. The slope beside the chapel was cut back in 1957 and a retaining wall built, so the ground around it is uneven.

During the 2022 reconstruction, two small Romanesque windows were found walled up in the east wall behind the altar, pushing the chapel's origins back to the mid-13th century. The building itself is first mentioned in writing only in 1519, while the village of Švařec appears in records from 1348.