Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (2006)

Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (in Czech Kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie) is a church building in Most, a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. In 1975 the whole building was moved by over 800 meters, to free the original place for coal mining. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1790x1204, 594 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (Most) ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1790x1204, 594 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (Most) ... Most (German: Brüx) is a city in the northwest of the Czech Republic, in Ústí nad Labem Region. ... Ústí nad Labem Region (Czech: Ústecký kraj) is an administrative unit (Czech: kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western part of its historical region of Bohemia. ...

Older building

The dean church in Most, which stood in the middle of the church yard near the road to Žatec, burned down in the year 1515. From that building was preserved only its eastern crypt and the inner peripheral brickwork of the western tower. (The foundation of this church is indicated in the years 1253 till 1257 and indirectly proven by the document of the pope Bonifacio VIII from the year 1296. The construction was originally an early Gothic basilica of three naves.) Most (German: Brüx) is a city in the northwest of the Czech Republic, in Ústí nad Labem Region. ... Žatec (German: Saaz) is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Ústí nad Labem Region. ... 1515 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ... For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ... The current Pope is Benedict XVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger), who was elected at the age of 78 on 19 April 2005. ... Boniface VIII, né Benedetto Caetani (Anagni, c. ... Events March 30 - Edward I stormed Berwick-upon-Tweed, sacking the then Scottish border town with much bloodshed. ... Gothic architecture characterizes any of the styles of European architecture, particularly associated with cathedrals and other churches, in use throughout Europe during the high and late medieval period, from the 12th century onwards. ... St. ...

Construction

The building of the new church began on the 20th of August 1517, when has been laid the base stone. The designer was Jacob Heilmann from Schweinfurt. He proposed the church as a big hall of tree naves, with inside supports with a pentagonal presbytery and a prismatic tower with a gallery in the main elevation. A vestibule is in the northern wall and at the north-western wall is a sacristy. // 1517 Nothing Actuall 1517 1517 1517 ==== 1517 1517 ==== 1517 ==== 1517 1517 1517 1517 151== 1517 1517 ==== 1517 1517 ==== 1517 ==== 1517 1517 1517 1517 1517 1517 ==== 1517 ==== 1517 1517 1517 1517 1517 1517 ==== 1517 1517 ==== 1517 1517 ==== 1517 ==== 1517 1517 1517 1517 1517 1517 ==== 1517 ==== 1517 1517 1517 1517 1517 1517... A presbytery can be - * the residence of one or more presbyters, priests, or religious elders; - * an area of a church or cathedral reserved for priests; - * the collective college of priests in a diocese, archdiocese, or prelature; - * the local unit in the polity of a Presbyterian church, consisting of presbyters (i. ...

During the first year went on demolition works. Master Jacob gave over the project of the new building in the year 1518 only. The leading of the building works took over the foreman Jörg (Georg) of Maulbron. After the foreman Jörg (Georg) took over the control another foreman called Peter, perhaps Heilmann. The vaults of the peripheral chapels have been finished during the second decade of 16th century, then have been erected the inner pillars and placed the ends of the arch ribs. Events A plague of tropical fire ants devastates crops on Hispaniola. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...

The church has been prepared for vaulting in the year 1532, then have been placed the windows and were dressed the vaulting ribs. The carcassing has been finished in 1549. The renaissance portals came into existence at half of the 16th century. Unfortunately the church burnt out 1578 and has been repaired till 1602. The church could be blessed in the year 1597. Events May 16 - Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England. ... Events July - Ketts Rebellion Francis Xavier arrives in Japan. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Events January 31 - Battle of Gemblours - Spanish forces under Don John of Austria and Alexander Farnese defeat the Dutch. ... This page is about the year. ... Events 17 January - A court case in Guildford recorded evidence that a certain plot of land was used for playing “kreckett” (i. ...

Later repairs

A new roof on the church has been made during the year 1650. A wall round the cemetery round the church and the ossuary has been ruined in 1840. The last big repair has been made during the years 1880-1883, during which the interior has been shaped in Gothic style and a part of the baroque inventory has been removed. There has been made a new gothic paint and installed the equipment in the new gothic style. A repair was made under the leading of the arch. Karl Kühn. The plaster renovation of the outer walls, as well as a treatment of the stone parts was made in 1932. The big main altar originated during the years 1735-1739. Its plastic decoration has been made in the workshop of the sculptor Bartolomeo Eder and the big altar picture from Josef Kramolín. Both are from the year 1773. // Events June 23 - Claimant King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland arrives in Scotland, the only of the three Kingdoms that has accepted him as ruler. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Gothic architecture characterizes any of the styles of European architecture, particularly associated with cathedrals and other churches, in use throughout Europe during the high and late medieval period, from the 12th century onwards. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Events April 16 - The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ... // About the number 1739 1739 is the smallest integer that can be written as sum of three perfect cubes, in two ways. ... 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Transport of the building

During the sixties, Most's historic center was completely destroyed to make room for the expanding lignite mines, a process that lasted until 1970. Unlike other historical building it was decided to save the church by moving it away from mining area. Coal Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by mining. ...

During September 30 - October 27, 1975 the church has been moved to the distance of 841,1 m to the vicinity of the old hospital and a small church of St. Ghost in October and it has been set on an iron-concrete two storied foundations. The transport velocity was 1-3 cm in a minute. September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

This building was mentioned in Guinness Book of World Records as the heaviest building ever moved on wheels. The Guinness Book of Records (or in recent editions Guinness World Records, and in previous US editions Guinness Book of World Records) is a book published annually, containing an internationally recognized collection of superlatives: both in terms of human achievement and the extrema of the natural world. ...

Technology

For salvation of the church has been chosen a transport variant on a bow path. The transfer has been realised according the projects of the firm Transfera Praha, which was an organisation of the Ministra of Culture of the Czechoslovakia. The transfer have realised the national corporations Průmstav Pardubice and Škoda Plzeň. Å koda Works (Czech: Å kodovy závody) was the largest industrial enterprise in Austria-Hungary and later in Czechoslovakia, one of its successor states. ...

President of the expert committee set up by Culture Ministry was academician Stanislav Bechyně. From 1969 the committee was led by Alois Myslivec. Under his leading the commission watched the projecting activities and the own realisation of the transfer action.

The peripheral masonry, the bearing and supporting pillars have been reinforced, the remainder of the western tower has been demolished. The church circumference has been reinforced by a concrete ring and the church has been gripped by a steel framework construction on the inner as well as outer sides.

On the constructed traveller rails have been plugged 53 transport trucks, which have been inserted under all statically important points of the church. These transport trucks worked on a hydraulic principle. The 4 booms, which should pull, event. break the church, have been controlled on hydraulic principle. The work has been controlled by a computer, but hand intervention was not excluded. During the motion of the church on the road fill, the rails have been moved from behind to forward.

The preparations works lasted seven years. (It was necessary to demolish all houses in the transfer path, fill the former opencast mine Richard etc.). The church has been put on a new place after 27 transfer days. The restoration works were made till the year 1988 and the church has been solemnly blessed again in the year 1993. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Architecture

This church has only one tower in conformity with the South-German gothic. Its interior makes a simple and rigour impression. The walls are plain, the peripheral walls are broken by two rows of windows. The lower windows belong to the individual chapels and the upper ones belong to the flank naves of the hall. The inside of the church forms a big hall, divided in three naves by seven pairs of octahedral columns. Between the counterforts are inscrted 16 chapels, two side vestibules, a sacristy, a double worm staircase on the eastern side and a worm staircase on the western side. Each of the chapels has its own ribbed vault and is dedicated to its donator – to the guilds, to rich citizens and one of them to the ecclesiastic dignity, to the abbot Bartolomeo of Osek.

In the church interior there is now installed an exposition of the Gothic and Renaissance art of the north-western Bohemia. The church basement is used as an exhibition space for the North-Bohemian Gallery. See also Gothic art. ... Raphael was famous for depicting illustrious figures of the Classical past with the features of his Renaissance contemporaries. ... Flag of Bohemia Bohemia (Czech: ; German: ) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic. ...

External links

• Short overview (in Czech)