Kostel svatého Ducha (Krupka) Church

Under the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, there is a modest Church of the Holy Spirit. It is a single-boat Gothic building that has become closely linked to the hospital and care for orphans, sick and poor over its duration. Since 1444, he was officially referred to as a hospital church, which determined his role for the next centuries.

The church was built in 1440. Four years later, he was connected to a hospital that occupied the rooms of today's houses no. 128 and 96, connected by a single roof. At the top of the hospital, the lower city gate - a massive house with a high roof, where the guard lived and where the city prison was based. The church meeting was provided by various foundations, among which the Glatz and Jeschka families from Koldic were great. In the 15th century there is a mention of the priest Kašpar, who performed worship here in 1475.

However, the fate of the church has not always been favourable. In 1538 he was hit by a devastating fire - on June 22 the church burned down along with a hospital, a city spa and 27 nearby houses. But the desire for recovery remained frozen. In 1565, the church was rebuilt. A year later, in 1566, he took over the management of the restored hospital Lorenz Krause. The disaster was repeated: On March 3, 1629, the church again hit the fire and destruction part of the building up to the tower. The repairs weren't until after the 30-year war.

In the 18th century, the church was in misery. The financing of maintenance depended solely on the foundations that increased - in 1701, the bell of St. Wenceslas, who had been called by the poor people in the church in the morning, noon and evening bell - but their funds gradually melted. J. Friedrich Nievenheim's 300 gold foundation later grew into a total capital of 5176 gold (1791), but the poor management brought it down to only 2338 gold by 1811. In 1830, Krupa businessman Johann Wenzel Mayer founded a new foundation for the maintenance of a priest and his residence in a former hospital house.

During the reign of emperor Joseph, the church, like all non-parish temples, was closed. But the faithful Krupka decided to raise the money for his consecration, which took place in 1839 at the Holy Day. The ceremonial sermon was led by the lithomeric prefect Franz Xaver Effenberger. In 1851, the old hospital was cancelled; The church then bought half of it and set up an apartment for the priest Schürz. The foundation has repaired a church that got a new shale roof and a Gothic tower. In the 19th century it was famous for renovation under vicar Ludwig Meinle, who hired room painter Pieschel from Proboštov and restoration of Tittel from Bohosudova.

Today, the church is in a dismal state. Walls are wet, property relationships are unclear. During the 20th century, it was occupied by homeless and burglars, leaving mostly the wooden structure of the altar. Yet it remains protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic and testifies to centuries of care of the върaz most needy. / p >