St. Anna (Horšovský Týn)

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St. Anna in Bischofteinitz

The pilgrimage church of St. Anna in Horšovský Týn (German Bischofteinitz ), a Czech town in Okres Domažlice in West Bohemia , was built in 1507. The church, which is located on a hill west of Bischofteinitz, is a protected cultural monument .

history

According to legend, Krecka, a citizen of Teinitz, found a wooden statue of St. Anna in his field and carried her home. From there she is said to have returned to the field again and again. This was interpreted as a hint that the saint wanted to be venerated in this place.

First of all, citizens of Teinitz built a wooden chapel . In 1507 a stone church in the late Gothic style was built, which was consecrated on April 5, 1516. At the same time a spiritual brotherhood was established in honor of St. Anna founded.

The miraculous image of St. Anna was in a glass box above the tabernacle . Numerous pilgrimages took place to the church. The main festival was celebrated on the Sunday after July 26th.

A crypt for the members of the princely Trauttmansdorff family was erected under the church in 1839 , in which there were also three altars.

Countess Anna Maria Trauttmansdorff had a stone way of the cross built on the road to St. Anna's Church in 1696 .

Web links

Commons : St. Anna (Horšovský Týn)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Description as a cultural monument ÚSKP 28613 / 4-2077 in the monument catalog pamatkovykatalog.cz (Czech).

Coordinates: 49 ° 31  '15.2 " N , 12 ° 55' 19.2"  E