Kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie v Doubici Church

The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary stands on a small hill in Doubice. It is a late Baroque sacral building with elements of Classicism, built between 1811 and 1814. Since 1966 it has been listed as a parish church of the Roman Catholic parish.

Long before its own construction, Doubice did not have its temple. Until the beginning of the 19th century, the village of the parish was responsible first for Chřibské, later for Beautiful Lípa. The Местsi decided to build their sanctuary - in 1810 a separate parish including Doubice and Kyjov was canonically established. The building lasted four years and the church was ceremonially consecrated on 16 April 1815. Just because it was created later than churches in the surrounding municipalities, it became an interesting exception - in later times it was not rebuilt and it was preserved including the interior in almost original form.

The second world war and post-war displacement have come in difficult times. The church found itself out of interest, the maintenance funds were not and the construction decayed. Religious services lasted only until the 1960s, when the temple had already been significantly violated - even the upper part of the tower fell. The rescue came gradually: in 1975 the beautiful lipa administrator P. Alexej Baláž repaired the roof at his own expense, but the complex reconstruction took place only between 1987 and 1988 under the direction of P. František Jirásek. Internal plaster, facade and tower roof have been repaired. The ceremonial consecration after reconstruction was carried out on 13 August 1988 by the Prague consecration bishop Antonín Liška.

The construction is three-boat, built on a rectangular plan with a semi-circular presbytery and northern sacristy. In the facade is placed a prism tower forming a central risalite with a rectangular portal from 1811. On both sides of the tower stands a statue of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary. The rough yellow plaster in contrast with white lick creates a harmonious appearance. The interior has several types of arches - from the flat in the undertower to the valence with lunettes in the main ship to the end in the presbytery. Classicist equipment originating from the construction period includes a main altar with a patronage, two side altars, a pulpit and a baptist. The organ from 1820 from the workshop Augustine Lehmann of the Beautiful Field - with two manuals and 15 registers - deserves special attention.

There is still a used cemetery around the church. In its southeast corner is the original morgue, which was rebuilt in 1988 into a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary of Schönstatt. The cemetery cross was brought from Jablonec nad Nisou in the 1980s. West of the church, the former parish building from 1814, now privately owned, was preserved. The church is managed by the Roman Catholic parish Beautiful Lipa and in the summer from May to October there are religious services every second Saturday from 17.00.