Churchyard cross - Dolenice, Czech Republic
Posted by: ToRo61
N 48° 54.514 E 016° 21.827
33U E 599931 N 5418188
The stone cross beside small chapel in centre of village
Waymark Code: WM12QWC
Location: Jihomoravský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 07/04/2020
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The Czech Republic belongs amongst the 10 Most Atheistic Countries in the world (
visit link) . This is the result primarily because of the former communist regime. Despite that there is a great amount of large religious buildings in this country (monasteries, churches, temples, etc.). Apart from these major buildings, there are many other subtle religious monuments scattered in the countryside - especially smaller chapels, wayside shrines and also a lot of crosses. The crosses have various shapes and designs. There are often inscriptions are on them documenting the emergence of monuments, donor funds of crosses, etc. The crosses are erected by the expense of the inhabitants of the village or an individual person (local native or his family). The crosses are placed in different locations - beside the entrance / exit of the village, in the middle of the village, near the intersections, at high places with a view of the landscape.
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KAPLE POVÝŠENÍ SV. KRÍŽE (na návsi) - z let 1717-25, v 19. stol. pristavena sakristie. — Nevelká centrální stavba na oktogonálním pudorysu, k jehož rovným stranám priléhají v osách kríže pravoúhlé prístavky (knežište — vstup útvar, boe. kaple), spojené na diagonálách stavby konvexnmi segmenty. Fasády hladké, nad obdélníkovým portálem kartuše obsahující rodové znaky J. K. Kaschnitze a jeho
manželky. Kaple zaklenuta plackami s výsecemi; patu kleby vyznacuje rímsové kládí, nesené pilastry s kompozitním hlavicemi. — Zarízení obsahuje oltár z pol. 18. stol. (1744) se sousoším Malé Kalvárie, obrazový soubor krížové cesty z pozdního 18. stol., náležející do dílenského okruhu Josefa Winterhaldera ml., a volne zavešený puv. oltár obraz Immaculaty z 2. ctvrt. 18. stol.