kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie (Dolní Počernice) Church

The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Lower Počernice stands in the close neighbourhood of the chateau as one of the oldest monuments of Prague. It is a parochial temple, which was probably connected to the fort with a wooden footbridge or bridge, which physically linked the religious and secular life of the local community.

The oldest parts of the church come from around 1200 in Romanesque style, probably built in the place of the older wooden temple. The dating is not quite certain - historians differ in opinions and put it between the 1960s and the 1200s, based on the archaic design of the compressed enchantments of the east window. The masonry made of sandstone blocks, exceeding 55 centimetres wide, resembles the masonry of St. Bartholomew's Church in Kiev, which leads historians to think that both buildings could have carried out the same construction plant. The village is mentioned in writing for the first time in 1323, the church in 1360 in connection with the submission of the right of Dorota Pushová to the parish.

During the Gothic period, two major reconstructions took place in the church. First, the ship extended to the west by one vaulting field, which is narrowing. Later, a massive tower was built, which apparently took over the defensive function of the old fortress. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the church experienced dramatic moments - the Hussite seized it in 1421 and placed here the Kališnik priests, in 1448 camped in front of its walls an army of Podebrad unity. In 1562 Dolní Počernice acquired Matej Holeka and had the church ship encapsulated three fields of brick vaults.

The decisive change came in the 19th century. In 1856, the estate was originally acquired by the Hungarian nobleman family of Dercsényi de Dercsény and had the church grossly modified in the New Romanesque style. This reconstruction from the outside covered almost all the original Romanesque elements except the window in the east wall of the presbytery while the interior was basically preserved. The New Romanesque form was completed in 1904. In 1897 Dolní Počernice acquired its own parish, whose first vicar was Bedřich Masek.

Since 1964, the church has been listed in the list of cultural monuments. Today, the visitor is observing the layering of styles - from Romanesque foundations to Gothic and Baroque transformations to the New Romanesque form of the 19th century. The church is a witness to the complicated history of the Lower Počernice and their relationship to the local nobility.