Chapel of Saint Anne, Religious chapel in Jiříkov, Czech Republic.
The Chapel of Saint Anne is a single-nave building with a tower, built in 1894 in the former settlement of Hutov near Jiříkov. Beneath it lies a crypt of notably large size, which served as a burial place for the owners of five nearby slate quarries. The chapel also served for services and held an altar, pews, a railing, wall paintings and a good organ.
The chapel was built in 1894 and also served as a tomb for the owners of five slate quarries in the area. In the 1950s it was still in full use, with Mass celebrated by František Vaňák. Devastation began in the early 1960s when workers from Ostrava broke down the door, smashed the tombstone and stole a ring from the crypt.
The chapel is named after Saint Anne, to whom the 1894 building was consecrated. Hutov's German-speaking inhabitants, 29 of them recorded in the 1930 census, worked the blue-grey clay slate quarries nearby, and the chapel also served as the burial place of the owners of five of those quarries.
The building is located in the former village of Hutov and is accessible from the outside where visitors can view and photograph the exterior. Access to the interior may be limited, so it is advisable to check local information beforehand for current conditions.
In the early 1960s, volunteers from Ostrava broke down the door, smashed a tombstone and stole a ring from a corpse in the crypt, whose skull they impaled on a stake before the entrance. Later the chapel sheltered tramps who burned its timber beams, and they also burned the nearby farmstead.
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