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Ecclesiastical buildings

St. Mary Magdalene church
(1737, Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer)

The baroque church replaced a former gothic church. Do not miss the opportunity to see a valuable alter painting during your tour. Church services are held here every day.

In the underground of the church there is a unique funeral chapel with the remains that were removed from a cancelled cemetery. The building of a charnel house was considered in the past. This idea, however, has never come true. Tours in the baroque crypt are arranged by the Information Center.

St. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church
(1898, Wiedemann)

The construction of this orthodox church was inspired by a church nearby Moscow. This distinct building can hardly be overlooked. It is seated among mostly Art Nouveau villas in Krále Jiřího Street. The abundant decorations of the church were partially sponsored by the wealthy patients of Russian origin who seek treatment in Karlovy Vary. One of the decorations is a relief representing Russian Tsar Peter the Great.

St. Andrew Church at the cemetery (1500)

The church was erected in a gothic style and reconstructed in 1841. Several renowned personalities such as dr. David Becher, dr. Jean de Carro, architekt F. Gilly and many others are buried at the former cemetery.

St. Peter and Paul Evangelic Church (1856, Zeissig)

The local evangelic church was built at the turn of the 19th century in a new Romanesque style. It is found near the Emperor’s Baths.

St. Lucas Anglican Church (1877, Dr. Mothes)

The church was built on Chateau Hill according to a pseudogothic design. Its construction was financially supported by spa guests from England.

St. Urban Church (13th century)

The oldest preserved structure in the city is found in a district called Rybáře. Its beginning dates back to about the second half of the 13th century when a settlement process started.

Romanesque church of St. Linhart (13th century)

The ruins of this roman structure lie near a forest café Linhart. The first mention of the church comes from as early as 1246.

St. Anna Church, Sedlec (1738, Jan Schmid)

Pilgrimage Baroque Church built in the years 1738 – 45 by the builder Jan Schmid on the place of Gothic Church from the year 1290.

The Church has been dedicated to St. Anna Samotřetí, its big dimensions are astonishing, when it is known that in the year 1850 Sedlec had only 250 inhabitants. The purpose of the builder and architect was to build a dimensional pilgrimage church that would accommodate all processes, which used to come to Sedlec at St. Anna.

Floor plan of the church forms a rectangle, it is single-nave with rich stucco decoration, which is impressive especially in the arch of the chancel. Ceiling fresco decoration was made by El Dollhopf from the years 1740 – 1750. On the eastern side of the church body, here is arising a tower decorated with pillars in the wall and triple moulding above them. From the architectural perspective, view to the church is disturbed by rather low-lying dome with a lantern. Around the church there used to be old walled churchyard cancelled in the year 1836. Behind it there is a pillar of Virgin Marry of Sorrows from the year 1716.