Kostel Sv. Václava / Church of St. Wenceslaus - Stará Boleslav (Central Bohemia)
N 50° 11.670 E 014° 40.344
33U E 476616 N 5560307
Depicted bronze tablets, located close to the southern entrance of the medieval Church of St. Wenceslaus (kostel Sv. Václava), briefly describe history of this historic landmark of town Stará Boleslav.
Waymark Code: WMVRHZ
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 05/24/2017
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Depicted bronze tablets, located close to the southern entrance of the medieval Church of St. Wenceslaus (kostel Sv. Václava), briefly describe history of this historic landmark of town Stará Boleslav.
The bronze tablets on the wall bears following inscriptions in Czech:
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KOSTEL SV. KOSMY A
DAMIANA DAL POSTAVITI
SV. VÁCLAV. KNÍŽE
BRETISLAV JEJ ROZŠÍRIL
A NAD NÍM POSTAVIL
KOSTEL SV. VÁCLAVA
KTERÝ BISKUP ŠEBÍR
1046 POSVETIL.
HUSITÉ KOSTEL POŠKODILI
1593 DAL JEJ OPRAVITI KAP.
DEKAN PÉŠÍN. 1639 ŠVÉDOVÉ
JEJ POBORILI A VEŽE OBE
ODSTRANILI. 1691 BYL KOSTEL
ZNOVU POSTAVEN. V KOSTELE
TOM POHRBEN BYL 967 KNÍŽE
BOLESLAV A 1052 BOŽENA
CHOT KNÍŽETE OLDRICHA.
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Translation to English:
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CHURCH OF ST. COSMAS AND
DAMIAN HAS BUILT BY
ST. WENCSSLAUS. PRINCE
BRETISLAV EXDENDED IT
AND BUILT ABOVE IT
CHURCH OF ST. WENCESLAUS
WHICH WAS BY BISHOP ŠEBÍR
CONSECRATED IN 1046.
HUSSITES CHURCH DAMAGED
REPAIRED IN 1593 BY CHAPTER
DEAN PÉŠÍN. IN 1639 SWEDES
DAMAGED IT AND BOTH TOWERS
REMOVED. IN 1691 WAS CHURCH
AGAIN BUILT. IN THIS CHURCH
BURIED WAS IN 967 PRINCE
BOLESLAV AND IN 1052 BOŽENA
WIFE OF PRINCE OLDRICH.
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Church of St. Wenceslaus (Kostel Sv. Václava), originally a Romanesque in Renaissance and Baroque period rebuilt basilica in Stará Boleslav, is located on the site where duke St. Wenceslaus was assassinated by his brother in 935.
Group that erected the marker: town Stará Boleslav during the reconstruction of the church in 1925-1928
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Bazilika Sv. Václava
M. Švabinského
Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav, Czech Republic
250 01
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