Kostel Nejsvětějšího Srdce Páně, Sacred church in Rozseč, Czech Republic

The Church of the Most Sacred Heart in Rozseč is a Roman Catholic parish church with pale yellow walls and white pilasters, a red gabled roof and a smaller red-roofed cupola with a cross on the ridge. A tower with a tall pointed red spire and a cross rises to the right, its arched louvered window above three tall arched windows with dark panes along the side wall. It stands near the middle of the village green, by the playground, with a stone cross of 1908 before the entrance and the parish house nearby.

A chapel dedicated to St Barbara stood here from 1781 until it was demolished in 1865 for structural reasons; a new chapel replaced it in 1866–1867, consecrated by the Nová Říše abbot Arnošt Šírek. The present church was built in 1907–1908 on the initiative of abbot Josef Karásek, a native of Rozseč, and consecrated on 27 September 1908 by Brno bishop Pavel Huyn. During World War I the bells Jan, Josef and Marie were requisitioned for war purposes; a new bell, Křest Páně, was bought in 1933, leaving three bells in the tower.

The church is the parish church of the Rozseč u Třešti parish, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. During the 1908 consecration, relics of saints were placed in the side altars. A pulpit stood in the church until the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council removed it and a new altar table was set up in the sanctuary.

The church stands in the middle of the village green, next to the playground, with the parish house nearby and a stone cross from 1908 in front of the entrance. The bells hang in the tower; three remain today. Visitors reach the building from the road that runs past the grassy area.

The tower originally held five bells: four from 1908 named Jan, Josef, Marie and Kristýna, plus an 1758 death bell. During World War I the bells Jan, Josef and Marie were requisitioned for war purposes; a new bell, Křest Páně, was bought in 1933, so three hang in the tower today.