kostel svatého Václava (Konojedy) Church

The church of St. Wenceslas in Konojedí is a filial church falling under the parish of the Church of the Black Forest. This is a rare example of late Baroque architecture from the second half of the 18th century in the Praha-východ district, protected since 1958 as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.

The place where the church stands today has a long spiritual history. Written sources mention the wooden Gothic parish church of St. Wenceslas for the first time in Konojedy already in 1352. The older building was killed by lightning, but in 1530 it was replaced by a new brick church of the same Gothic style. During the Hussite wars, the church suffered religious alternatures: from 1435 it served as a Hussite temple until in 1623 it was abandoned by the last Hussite priest Václav Karion. Only since 1652 did the church return to the Catholic administration.

The decisive turning point came in 1765, when the owner of the Black Church estate Marie Theresa Savojská left the old church demolished. The construction of a new Baroque temple with a tower started in 1766. It was led by builder Jan Václav Smutný according to the modified design of architect Josef Jäger. The construction was completed already in 1768 and soon afterwards, namely on 10 January 1768, she blessed the Black Church Dean František Boskovský. The church served as a parochial until 2005, when it became a filial of the parish of Kostelka above the Black Forest.

The construction is typical of one-ship construction of a rectangular plan with a square presbytery of the same height as the ship. On the west side of the facade lies the prism tower, ending with an occipital mansard jehlanové roof covered with overalls. Typical are bevelled corners of the building. A rectangular sacristy is attached to the presbytery. The church is characterized by rectangular windows with semi-circular ends and a valb roof covered with bags. The interior embodies flat vaults in the ship as well as presbytery and a walled crust on two pillars.

A Baroque crucifix from the 18th century was preserved from the older equipment on the south wall of the presbytery and baptist with the relief of baptism from the end of the 18th century. The new altar set purchased in 1892 from Vienna's carpentry company František Leiner brought a significant addition. The painting of St. Wenceslas on the main altar dates back to 1884 from the painter John Umlauff, while the side altar is decorated with paintings from the unknown Vienna painter in 1893. The organ on the ring dates back to 1896 and is the work of Prague organist company Josef Rejna and Josef Černý. Two bells were preserved in the tower: older from 1556 and younger from 1723 from the Prague bell man Valentine Lissiack.

A stone wall with a gate and a stone cross was preserved in the church area. The church has been gradually and long-term protected: since 1958 and since 1965 and in the state list of cultural monuments. The substantial repairs between 2012 and 2013 included the regeneration of roofs, roofs, outer coats and stained glass, thus maintaining its function and appearance to this day.