- Saint Mission Church Plavecký Štvrtok
The Saint Mission Church Plavecký Štvrtok is a church in
Slovakia that was established at the border-line of Hungarian empire and the first written mention of it dates back to 1206. It was namedPlavecký Štvrtok in 1808. The dominant feature of the village is aRoman Catholic Church from the first half of the 14th century, and reconstructed in the 17th and the 19th century. In the church park there are threelimestone statues created in different time periods.The church was built in the 14th century. It is mentioned in a document at the donation of the village in 1333. It was built in
Gothic style . It was vaulted in the 17th century, the roof was also repaired. Only the front side remained inGothic style . Another reconstruction was done in 1922 along with installing new bells. OnNovember 11 ,1922 the reconstructed church was consecrated - since then the winter festival is held. A new organ was installed inDecember 17 ,1925 , the tower's roof was covered withsheet metal in 1933. Therectory was built in 1787.There are some statues in front of the church. The most valuable is the statue of the cross with
Jesus Christ andVirgin Mary created by a French sculptor in 1793. In 1908, a statue ofHoly Trinity was built from a collection of our countrymen in America. The 3rd memorial is the memorial of killed soldiers inWorld War I . It was created by a stonemason - sculptor Weinberger fromStupava in 1932.
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