Sporice / Spořice / Sporicz / Sporitz / Vysocina / Vysočina
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view of church exterior in context - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kostel sv. Bartoloměje ve Spořicích"
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Image Source: digital photograph 1 April 2012 by Salim2 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spořice.jpg] [accessed 19 January 2025]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25801SPO
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Wenceslas in Vysočina
Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates given for Spořice] C9PJ+VHJ Spořice, Tsjechië
Country Name: Czech Republic
Location: Ústecký
Directions to Site: Located off road 7, S of highway E442, 3-4 km SW of Chomutov/Komotau, 15-20 km S of the German border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diecéze litoměřická
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 17th century (?), Renaissance
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention
Church Notes: church dedicated to St. Bartholomew built 1438; modified 17th, 19thC
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The Komotau web site [https://www.komotau.de/sporitz.htm] [accessed 19 January 2025] informs that the parish church at is now in ruins.
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 8 January 2025) notes: "The church's furnishings were destroyed in the second half of the 20th century, when it was freely accessible. Only the Renaissance baptismal font, which is kept in the Church of St. Wenceslas in Vysočina , has been preserved.:
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
50.437222,
13.381389
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
50° 26′ 14″ N,
13° 22′ 53″ E
UTM: 33U 385057 5588497