Kostel svatého Martina (Mlékojedy) Church

The Church of Saint Martin in Mlékojedech stands on an elevated terrace of a small former cemetery, in the middle of a rectangular square. The cemetery is enclosed by a cast iron fence with Gothic-inspired shapes from the year 1885. Some of the gravestones have been preserved and lie to the north of the church. Since 1964, the church has been protected as a cultural monument.

The core of the building is Gothic from the 14th century. In the year 1384, the church is mentioned as a parish church. During the Hussite Wars, it was damaged, yet in 1465 it remained Catholic, even though the surrounding area had turned to Utraquism. In 1592, a fire struck the church. The tower then received its present final story, which had previously perhaps been timber-framed or boarded, and also sgraffito plaster. On its top is a weathervane with the date 1595, when the church was repaired after the fire.

A fundamental transformation came in the year 1776. Except for the tower, the church was practically completely demolished and replaced with a new late Baroque building of essentially the same dimensions. Later it was affected by floods in the years 1845, 1890, and 2002. After 1945, it began to deteriorate. In the second decade of the 21st century, its gradual restoration began, initially with the renewal of the roof covering.

It is a longitudinal single-nave building with a recessed, semicircularly closed presbytery and a small sacristy on the north side. On the west side rises a prismatic tower of Gothic origin, for the proportions of the church quite massive, with remains of Renaissance sgraffito ashlar work. In the lower stories, it has a rectangular portal with stone framing and slot windows. The bell story is pierced by four large sound windows. The tower is covered by a pointed pyramidal roof. The nave is vaulted with flat barrel vaults and is divided by pilaster bundles with rocaille capitals. Large late Baroque windows are only on the south side.

The Rococo main altar made of artificial marble dates from the year 1776 and was created by M. Hennevogel. The newer title painting is set in a gilded acanthus frame from the beginning of the 18th century. A wooden side altar of late Renaissance type is decorated with gilded columns and four statues. It bears an original panel painting of the Burial of Christ from around the year 1600. The pulpit, a painting of Saint John the Baptist, a statue of the Infant Jesus, and the organ date from the end of the 18th century. Due to restoration, the furnishings are stored in a depository.

In the village there is also a Baroque statue of Saint Florian from the year 1707. On the western edge stands an iron double cross from around the year 1680 with richly wrought lattice work. It was moved to Mlékojedech in 1839 from a decommissioned Church of Saint Michael at the Dominican monastery in Litoměřice.