Kostel svatého Jana Nepomuckého (Mladá Boleslav II) Church

The church of St. John Nepomuk in Mladá Byslav is a Baroque sacral building with a Gothic core, located in Mladá Byslav II in the district of Mladá Boleslav. The building is significant in its long historical development since the middle of the 14th century and rich interior equipment, which includes for example a Baroque altar transferred from Lysá nad Labem.

The original sanctuary was built in the middle of the 14th century in the Upper Suburb, later called the New Town, behind the city gates. At first he was dedicated to St. John the Baptist and surrounded him by a cemetery. The spiritual administration was performed here by the johanites who operated their commendation at the site. This commendation disappeared in 1421 during the Hussite wars. At the end of the Hussite Revolution, the building became a filial church of the Little Bladobolslav Temple of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. In 1590-1623 he served Lutheran village, but after the Battle of White Hora he returned to Catholic hands again.

It is an architectural monument to a rectangular hall with rounded corners and a narrower rectangular presbytery with rounded edges. The western prism tower is two storey and ends with an onion roof. The inner space is closed by a rolling vault with lunettes. In the years 1902- 1904, the facade took a neo-Baroque form and installed the original Baroque statues of St. Joseph from 1791 and St. John Nepomuk from the 18th century.

During the Thirty Years' War, the church was damaged, which in 1727 led to its fundamental baroque and reconstruction into today's form. In 1787-1812 he served as a shrine for the local military crew. In 1812 it was closed and cleared out due to the decrepit, while then they carried the main altar to St. Havel's church. The building subsequently functioned as a city warehouse until the services were restored in 1816 and the church received a new initiation to St. Jan Nepomucký.

The interior is dominated by a Baroque altar from around 1740, which comes from the abolished monastery in Lysá nad Labem. This frame altar has a retabel divided by karyatides, decorated with gilded vases and angels' plastics. On the door of the tabernacle is depicted the Last Supper of the Lord, while on the side gates stands statues of Moses, Aaron and angels. There is a picture of St. John Nepomucký from Václav Vavríc Reiner from 1740 in the cartouche frame. Other valuable elements include the Baroque pulpit from 1740, the canvas of Saint Peter and Paul from the first half of the 18th century, and the painting of St. Francis Serafinsky and the unknown saint in rococo frames from the second half of the 18th century.

This building is today protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic. In 1988- 2002 she underwent a general reconstruction. The history of the building faithfully reflects the changes of the religious and political environment in the region and its visit offers a unique opportunity to admire valuable baroque art.