Churches

Děčín is a place where the romantic landscape combines with many monuments. The imprint of the history of the place can be best perceived in the sacral monuments.

Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

The Dean's Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is a very valuable example of Baroque architecture. The castle church was consecrated in 1687, the construction was completed in 1687 1691.For a better connection between the castle and the church itself was built by a covered corridor on pillar arcades, which partly copies the Long Ride. The corridor leads specifically from the Rose Garden to the Count's Oratory. The interior of the church is decorated with impressive frescoes by the painter Josef Kramolín from 1790 - 91. You can visit the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and the covered connecting corridor as part of one of the castle's sightseeing tours - Baroque pearls.

Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk

The Neo-Gothic chapel was rebuilt from the original Baroque chapel from 1723. In 1822 the building came under the patronage of the Thun-Hohenstein family, who had their family crypt built here. That is why the chapel is often called the Thun chapel to this day.

The author of the plans for the Neo-Gothic reconstruction of the chapel was the Viennese architect Friedrich Schmidt, while the construction was managed by the budding Josef Mocker. After the war, the chapel was left behind and became the target of many vandals. For this reason, the remains were subsequently exhumed and transferred to the crypt of the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The Baroque statues also suffered and had to be moved from the enclosure wall of the chapel to its interior. In 1998, an exhibition on the history of the chapel was installed in the chapel. In the new millennium, the chapel was handed over to good care and the chapel reopened to the public. The chapel is currently open from May to September on weekends and public holidays from 1pm to 6pm.

Evangelical church in Podmokle

The single-nave church with a high pointed tower was built between 1881 and 1884. The design for the construction of the evangelical church was presented by the couple G.L. Moeckel and W. Nickel. Of course, the well-known industrialist Franz Jordan was largely responsible for the construction of the church. The eclectic church in the Neo-Gothic and Neo-Romanesque style abounds with a lot of stone work, e.g. in the form of plant (vegetal) motifs on the column heads. The church was built from a locally widespread rock - sandstone.

Church of St. Francis of Assisi

The one-storey rectangular building in the style of a neo-Romanesque basilica was built in 1856-1858. The land and building materials were donated by Count František Antonín Thun. The author of the church is Franz Josef Perthen, who was probably also the author of the regulation plan of Podmokel from the 1860s. The church is also a part of the overall urban concept of Podmokel in the second half of the 19th century. The building abounds with figurative decoration and many reliefs depicting the Last Supper, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection of the Lord. The main altar of the church is in the Renaissance style and features stunning wood carvings. In 1934 this church was changed from a branch church to a parish church. The park surrounding the Church of St. Francis of Assisi is not a contemporary innovation, but has been part of the design of Hus Square from the beginning.

Church of St. Wenceslas and St. Blaise and the Chapel of Our Lady of Help

The present-day appearance of the Baroque three-aisled church with a quadrilateral tower, the facade of which is decorated with statues of St. Wenceslas and St. Blažej, came only from the reconstruction completed in the second half of the 19th century. The original parish church of St. Wenceslas was probably located on a completely different site, unknown to historians. The first documented mention of the church dates back to 1368, but it does not reveal anything fundamental, even if it is a turning point. The earlier Gothic church was unfortunately destroyed by the fire of 1749. Its reconstruction began as early as 1751, but it was not until 1878 that the church began to serve its purpose again. In 1927, the Chapel of Our Lady of Help, dating from 1726, was moved from the opposite side of the street to the church. In 1939, the Chapel of St. Anne, dating from 1730, which originally stood in Anenské Street, was built into the north wall of the church.