Saint Ursula Church, Gothic church in Chlumec nad Cidlinou, Czech Republic.
Saint Ursula Church is a Gothic church on Klicperovo náměstí in Chlumec nad Cidlinou, built in 1536–1543 as a Utraquist church. It is the only surviving building from the Pernštejn period in the Pocidliní region. Its tower, first mentioned in 1617, received its dome on 24 September 1677. Three Renaissance tombstones from 1554, 1560 and 1601 are set into the presbytery walls.
The church was built between 1536 and 1543 as a Utraquist temple, funded by Jan of Pernštejn and the town; the orphan registers record 300 public groschen and 400 kopa of the lord's money spent on it. It was damaged by Saxon troops in 1634, burned on 8 May 1677, lost its gable to a windstorm on 12 June 1677, and burned again with 44 houses on 28 April 1733. The tower's dome was hung on 24 September 1677, and the largest bell was recast in 1736.
The church dominates Klicperovo náměstí and is the only surviving building from the Pernštejn era in the Pocidliní region. Its dedication to Saint Ursula is first documented in 1630, and in 1596 it was called the "great church". Three Renaissance tombstones from 1554, 1560 and 1601 are set into the presbytery walls, showing a butcher's lion with two axes, a miller's wheel and a bust flanked by two fish.
The church sits at Klicperovo náměstí 1 and operates under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hradec Králové. You can visit the building throughout the year, and access is generally available to explore it.
Three Renaissance tombstones are set into the outer wall of the presbytery, lifted from the crypt beneath the church in 1836. They commemorate a butcher, a miller and the estate steward Pavel Doucha, and carry their trade symbols: a lion with two axes, a mill wheel and a bust flanked by two fish.
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