Church of St. Anny - Roznov pod Radhostem

The Church of St. Anne in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm is located in the grounds of the Wallachian Open-Air Museum. Together with some other listed buildings of the open-air museum, it was declared a national cultural monument of the Czech Republic in 1995.

 

It is a free copy of the church from the former village of Větřkovice (now part of Kopřivnice), which burned down in 1887. Rožnov Church of St. Anny was built during World War II in 1939-1941 and consecrated in 1945. Due to the lack of funds in the war years, the building does not have a timbered structure, the interior was also very simple. The nave is now decorated with 14 stops of the restored Stations of the Cross, which was originally located in the predecessor of today's Rožnov church. The benches have guild builders and banners on the sides. The ship is separated from the entrance by a so-called beggar.

 

The main altar is dedicated to the patron saint of the church of St. Anne, the side altar of St. Wenceslas, who was the patron saint of the original church in Větřkovice. The interior of the church, including the coffered ceiling, is painted according to the original project of the architect Pazovský from 1939.

 

The church is surrounded by a fenced cemetery called Valašský Slavín, where personalities important for the development of the local region are buried. For example, the Wallachian landscape painter Jaroslav Frydrych, the founders of the Wallachian Museum, the brothers Bohumír and Alois Jaroňek, the Evangelical priest and author of the Broučky Jan Karafiát or the athletes Emil Zátopek and Jiří Raška are buried here. In addition to the main entrance, it can be entered through a side gate with the inscription Number Last.