kostel svatého Bartoloměje (Hostouň) Church

The church of St. Bartholomew is one of the oldest buildings in Hostáň. For the first time, the church and the parish in the village are mentioned in written records from 1352 in the Papal tithes registers, suggesting a significant status at the time. The original Gothic building served believers for more than 300 years; it was used alternately for both Catholic and attractive services.

There was a fundamental change in the early 18th century. The church was completely rebuilt in Baroque style by Saint Joseph Mayer of Mayern. Thirty years later, in 1773, a tower with an onion roof was added to the west facade, which replaced the original wooden bell tower. The tower is a typical Baroque building with a lantern on top and bears the sign of the initiator of the reconstruction - Probošt Mayer.

The current building is a one-ship Baroque building of interesting architectural details. The boat has slightly rounded interior spaces, its ceiling is flat and decorated with high Fabion with decorative festons. The priestry is also rounded from the outside, three-sided from the inside and surrounded by Czech flat. The Arc of Triangle, which separates the ship from the priestess, has a segment shape. Above it is clearly visible sign of Probošt Mayer - a reminder of the man who gave the church its present form.

Bogaty interior is no less remarkable. The main altar is the painting of St. Bartholomew, patron saint of the church. The apostle is depicted in a traditional way - with a knife in his right hand, while an angel with a palm tree appears to him on the left. There are two other altars on the sides of the victory arch: one dedicated to St. Barbara, the other to St. John Nepomuk. By the side wall there is an altar with a cave, in which is a statue of the Lourdes Madonna, which was brought from Paris in 1893. In the same year, the statues of the saints Peter and Paul were also published, which today stands in the side gates at the main altar.

The history of the church is also linked to the living conditions of the village. In the immediate vicinity of the church was originally a cemetery, but its capacity was insufficient during the cholera epidemic in 1832 and had to be extended. At the beginning of the 20th century, a new cemetery area was built outside the building, and the old church cemetery disappeared from use.

Today the church has been registered as a cultural monument since 1967. Since the end of 2008, he has been only a Filipino Church of the Unhostian parish. Mass takes place modestly - only once every three weeks and only during the summer period. Yet he kept his breath, history in stone and a rich collection of art artifacts from the past centuries.