Mecholupy / Měcholupy / Michelob
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view of church exterior - east view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kostel sv. Vavřince, před demolicí."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Petr Hruška, [1985?]
Image Source: digital image of an undated [ca. 1985?] B&W photograph by Petr Hruška [https://en.mapy.cz/zakladni?source=base&id=2520141&gallery=1&sourcep=foto&idp=1700517&x=13.5377047&y=50.2650475&z=17] [accessed 7 February 2025]
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view of church exterior in context - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Měcholupy, kostel sv. Vavřince 1943"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cronobook, 1943
Image Source: digital image of a 1943 B&W photograph in Cronobook [https://cronobook.com/en/pic/fd1292f6-68ce-4e82-8f6c-b06fd2e970fa] [accessed 7 February 2025]
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view of church interior - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Měcholupy, kostel sv. Vavřince, interiér kostela před demolicí"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Past Vu, 1985
Image Source: digital image of a 1985 B&W photograph in Past Vy [Past Vu / Retro View of Mankind's Habitat [https://pastvu.com/p/286817] [accessed 7 February 2025]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25824MEC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Kostel Sv. Vavřince
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Location: Měcholupy, Czech Republic
Country Name: Czech Republic
Location: Louny, Ústí nad Labem
Directions to Site: The site of the demolished church is located off road 22712, between roads 27 (W) and 227 (E), N of highway E48, 21 km SW of Louny, 55 km SW of Ústí nad Labem, about 60 km WNW of Prague
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Litoměřice
Date: 1663
Century and Period: 17th century (mid)
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: parish church first mentioned 1366; re-built 18thC; became disused and dilapidated; demolished mid-1980s
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Past Vu / Retro View of Mankind's Habitat [https://pastvu.com/p/286817] [accessed 7 February 2025] reports a stone baptismal font with a pewter bowl from 1663 that was preserved from the older furniture. The entry for this church in zanikleobce.cz [http://zanikleobce.cz/index.php?detail=1453781] [accessed 7 February 2025] reports that the church was built in 1750 on the site of an earlier building, and that it had a baptismal font of 1663 from the older church. The entry for this church in Rekonstrukce krajiny Ústeckého kraje [http://zanikleobce.fzp.ujep.cz/web/index.php?page=record&id=205&tab=base] [accessed 7 February 2025] reports the church is "completely destroyed". [NB: we have no information on the present whereabouts of the 1663 font].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.265389, 13.535306
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 15' 55.4" N, 13° 32' 7.1" E