kaple Nejsvětější Trojice (Červený Kostelec) Chapel

The Chapel of the Holy Trinity stands in Stolín, which belongs to Červený Kostelec. It is Roman Catholic and falls under the parish of Červený Kostelec. Its creation was recorded by Josef Wychron in a memorial book written in December 1891.

A little further down the road, until 1890, there stood an old wooden bell tower with a bell on a post. It was so dilapidated that it threatened to collapse, and so they demolished it. Only the post with the bell remained on the spot, buried deeper and supported. The bell was rung all year round and the bell ringer stood in the open air while doing so. The years 1810 and 1841 were carved into the post. It was believed that the first commemorated the founding of the bell tower and the second its major repair.

The village wanted to build a new bell tower, or perhaps a chapel right away. But they had little money and the inhabitants were already burdened with high taxes. So a benefactor was sought and found in Františka Kopecká, the owner of house number five. She promised two hundred gold coins and all the stone from the foundation of her barn. The municipal council then decided in February 1891 to go from house to house. The committee led by mayor Norbert Fajge collected one hundred seventeen gold coins in a single day and promises of manual work and construction labor. With three hundred seventeen gold coins, the village could commission plans from the Červený Kostelec builder Josef Pitřinka and purchase the land.

The groundwork began on June ninth, 1891, and eight days later the cornerstone was laid. On the feast of Saint Lawrence, August tenth, they transferred the bell from the old bell tower, which bore the name of this saint. That evening, with the participation of many people, the knell was rung from the unfinished building for the first time. The construction was completed at the beginning of October, when the interior was whitewashed for the last time.

The village paid the masons, carpenters and laborers, but the citizens of Stolín worked for free for dozens of days, both in manual work and construction labor. The newly founded volunteer fire brigade also helped. They brought water from the village green up the hill at a distance of one hundred twenty meters and took it as an exercise.

The women of Stolín took care of the interior furnishings. Františka Kopecká contributed again, this time one hundred two gold coins for the main painting of the Virgin Mary and for the images of the Stations of the Cross. The women raised more money among their neighbors and the village added interest. One hundred seventy two gold coins were thus collected for the altar and images.

The consecration of the chapel at the village celebration was arranged by mayor Fajge for October nineteenth, 1891. He asked Father Vincent Dvořáček to perform it.