St. Heinrich and Kunigunde (Prague)
The Church of St. Heinrich and Kunigunde ( Kostel sv. Jindřicha a Kunhuty ) is a church building in the Czech capital, Prague .
It was founded around 1348–1351 as the main parish church of the New Town ( ecclesia parochialis primaria ) near the older settlement of Chudobice. Your patronage is the holy imperial couple Heinrich II and Kunigunde of Luxembourg .
It is a four-bay building with three naves of the same height. Before the free-standing Jindřišská věž bell tower was built from 1472 to 1475, the tower on the south-west corner of the church probably fulfilled this function. During the siege by the Swedes in 1648, the bell tower also served as a defense tower. The anteroom of the church in Renaissance style was redesigned in 1526 and the interior in 1738. After a fire in 1745, the tower was given today's Welsche dome. Josef Mocker reorganized the church in 1875 and the bell tower in 1879. The tombstones on the walls come from the cemetery originally located around the church, which was closed in 1787.
St. Heinrich and Kunigunde is the baptismal church of the poet Rainer Maria Rilke , who was baptized here on December 19, 1875.
It is one of the monastery and collegiate churches in the New Town of Prague and is located near the corner of Jindřišská and Jeruzalemská ulice.
Web links
- František Ekkert: Posvátná místa král. St. města Prahy . Volume II. Praha: Dědictví sv. Jana Nepomuckého, 1884 ( online )
Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 4.9 ″ N , 14 ° 25 ′ 50 ″ E