kostel svatého Jiří (Náklo) Church

The predecessor of today's church was a medieval chateau or a fortress of knights from Nakla. The first mention of the rectory in Nakl dates back to 1140, the church itself is documented in 1250. The tower was built after 1450. In the middle of the 16th century there was a major reconstruction - a new Renaissance church was built in 1560 (other sources include dating 1572-1576). Further adjustments were made between 1587 and 1593. The Thirty Years' War was a disaster - the church was burned and partly destroyed. Today's form comes from the Baroque period. From 1696 to 1698, the baroque reconstruction was carried out by the Hradic premonstrat canaries. The base stone was laid on 19 September 1696 with the participation of Abbot Norbert of Počernice. The Renaissance tower with atics from 1572-1576 was preserved. The church was consecrated in 1698. In the 20th century maintenance was carried out - in 1928 painting and repair of the portal, between 1965 and 1966 repair of the facade.

The high-rise building is oriented by a single-boat construction with a five-sided finish and a prism tower in the axis of the western facade. The tower (7,4 × 7,4 m, square ground plan) has cylindrical screw staircases on the north side. The main entrance is decorated with a stone portal with a pair of columns, which carry the upper threshold with the year 1698 and characters including the coat of arms of Abbot Želecký. There's a statue of St. Stephen above the entrance. The ship covers a rolled vaults with manhole sections, windows are framed by profile shamrans. The facade of the Tuscan Pilasters. The tower is finished with the battlements.

The interior is equipped with a baroque mobility. The main altar was completed in 1939. There's a brick on the west side of the ship. The organ was manufactured in 1824 by the Olomouc organist Michal Oranský (1768-1854) - the instrument has two manuals and sixteen registers. In 1853, the organist Konrad Blaschke repaired them and added two new registers. In the tower there are bells from 1514 and 1515 dedicated to St. Vojtej and St. George, plus cibals connected to the tower clock.

The church was originally surrounded by a cemetery, from which a brick skeleton was preserved (6 × 4,5 m). The cemetery was abolished in 1873. At the entrance stands a cross from 1745 on a two-stage pedestal - the upper part consists of a clover stone cross with the crucified Christ, the lower stage bears the relief of St. Wenceslas. The church is surrounded by an oval wall (7-10 m high) with supporting pillars and a bastion edge in the back. The wall is decorated with profiled rome and stone gargoyles. There are two gates: the eastern one with the fresco of the Virgin Mary Lourd from 1899 and the south one with the staircase.

Visiting the church will enrich the case of remarkable survival of the building through centuries. The various historical phases are still visible - from the Renaissance tower to the Baroque tower to later maintenance adjustments. The fortifications cast light on the ancient meaning of this place.