St. John's Chapel (Znojmo)

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The St. John's Chapel was a chapel on Masarykovo náměstí in the city of Znojmo (Znaim) in the Czech Republic .

history

The beginnings of the Znojmo Sankt-Johann-Kapelle are as little known as the ownership structure. There are assumptions that it initially belonged to the Order of St. John . The Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem is named as the second possible owner . This assumption is reinforced by a document from 1261 in which Pope Urban IV ordered the Bishop of Prague to protect the churches in Brno , Znojmo and Vöttau that belong to this order .

Since the chapel is not mentioned anywhere for a long time, it is possible that it was initially closed at an unknown point in time and then rebuilt later.

It is only mentioned again in 1408. According to the documents, services in the Sankt-Johann-Kapelle were held by the parish of Sankt Nikolas before 1408. According to the same sources, the chapel was preserved by the city of Znojmo and had a clock tower. In 1574 this was repaired like the tiled roof. In 1591 the chapel was given a chimney as part of a further repair.

On September 15, 1604, the then abbot of Klosterbruck Monastery , Sebastian III. von Chotieborz, told the Znojmo city council that the chapel had been converted into a department store and customs house. It was only under Emperor Ferdinand II that the building, which had been used for another purpose, was restored to its original purpose and consecrated again. In addition, the chapel became a meeting point for newly established religious brotherhoods. At that time, until the dissolution of the Jesuit order in 1773, the religious services were held by the friars residing in the parish of Sankt Michael. Afterwards the parish of St. Nikolas took over the services again.

The St. John's Chapel was also affected by the dissolution of the religious brotherhoods in 1786 and the closure of all dispensable chapels under Joseph II . The city of Znojmo subsequently used the building as a granary for the grain market. The church tower is said to have been torn down around 1790. At about the same time, various small shops were built.

On April 13, 1852, the town of Znojmo gave the former Sankt-Johann-Kapelle free of charge to the future mayor Anton Jungnickel, with the condition that a two-story house be built on the site and that the 14 owners of the previous stalls in the new building had shops available again deliver.

In 1945 the structure was demolished.

literature

  • Anton Huebner, Viktor Huebner, Michael Netoliczka: Memories of the royal. City of Znojmo. According to the manuscripts left behind by the kk pen. District captain Mr. Anton Huebner, edited by Viktor Huebner and Michael Netoliczka. VIII. Delivery
  • Znojmo Pictures from the Past and the Present - Contributions to the local history of Znojmo and the surrounding area - Book 2, Fournier & Haberler (Karl Bornemann), Znojmo, 1901
  • Libor Šturc: Znojmo - city guide , Jiři Krejčí K-public publishing house, 2004, Brno, ISBN 80-902504-6-7

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Anton Huebner, Viktor Huebner, Michael Netoliczka: Memories of the royal. City of Znojmo
  2. ^ Znojmo pictures from the past and present

Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 16.9 ″  N , 16 ° 2 ′ 57.9 ″  E