- Churches of Brno
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The majority of church buildings in Brno belong to the Roman Catholic Church, others mainly to Protestant Churches. In addition, there are also a synagogue and a mosque. To describe the more remarkable ones, we can divide Brno into three areas: city centre (inside the former walls), earlier suburbs (from the 1850s to after World War I) and former villages and large housing estates (incorporated after World War I, including post-World War II developments).
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City Centre
Catholic
- Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul
– on Petrov Hill; a Gothic church rebuilt in the Baroque style during the 18th century, later partially reconstructed in the Neo-Gothic style, two characteristic towers (81 m high) since 1905; cathedral since 1777
- St. Michael's Church
– in Dominican Square (Dominikánské náměstí); a Baroque church from the 17th century, until the 1780s a church of the Dominican Order; later (1905 to 1950) used by the Redemptorists; part of former monastery buildings serves as the New City Hall (Nová radnice) of Brno
- Church of the Holy Cross
– church of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, a Baroque building from the 17th century; the Crypt under the church is a unique air-circulation system providing natural mummification of buried bodies
- St. Mary Magdalene's Church
– a Baroque church from 1650s, built for the Franciscans on the spot of an older one that originated from a synagogue closed after expulsion of the Jews in the 15th century; the Franciscans resided here until 1780s; later the church (and adjacent monastery) belonged to the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (1912-1950) and since 1991 it has been administered by the Congregatio Fratrum Sanctissimi Sacramenti
- St. Joseph's Church
– former Ursuline church, nowadays closed
- St. Johns' Church with the Loreto Chapel
– Church of St. John the Baptist and John the Apostle, since the Middle Ages a part of the Minorite monastery; originally Gothic church reconstructed in the Baroque style during 1720s-1730s; in that time the Loreto Chapel with Holy Stairs was built next to the church
- Church of the Assumption
– a Baroque church of the Jesuits, the only remain of a Jesuit College from the 16th/17th centuries, interior partly from the 18th century
- St. James's Church
– originally the parish church of the non-Slavonic inhabitants of Brno, built from 14th to 16th centuries predominantly in the Gothic style; the spire (from 1592) is 92m high (the 7th highest building in the Czech Republic and the tallest in Brno). It is often mistakenly called St Jacob's.
- St. Thomas's Church
– a Baroque church with a monumental facade from 1665–1675 on the spot of the Gothic one damaged in the Thirty Years' War; since 1350 a part of an Augustinian monastery, planned as a burial place of Moravian rulers (Margrave Jobst is buried there); in 1780s the Augustinians moved to Staré Brno
Protestant and Orthodox
- Bethlehem Church
– built in the 19th century for Czech-speaking Protestants
- Comenius Church
– built in 1860s in Neo-Gothic style for especially German-speaking Protestants (till the expulsion of Germans after World War II)
- St. Wenceslas (Orthodox) Church
– built in 1930–1931 at the foot of Špilberk Hill
Photogallery
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Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul
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Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul - interior
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St. Michael's Church
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Capuchin Church
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St. Joseph's Church
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Minorite Church and Loreto Chapel (with cupola)
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Jesuit Church
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St. James's Church
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St. Thomas's Church
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Bethlehem Church
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Comenius Church
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St. Wenceslas Orthodox Church
Former Suburbs
Catholic
– originally a Cistercian Convent, from the 1780s a monastery of Augustinians transferred from St. Thomas Church in the city centre; famous for its association with Gregor Mendel, who served as its abbot from 1868 to 1884
- St. Leopold's Church
– a Baroque church of the Brothers Hospitallers with a hospital in the Vienna (Vídeňská) Street
- St. Augustine's Church
– finished in 1935
- Salesian church of Our Lady
– situated in Žabovřesky, Help of Christians from 1990s
- Holy Trinity Church (former Charterhouse)
– situated in Královo Pole, built in 1370s as a part of Carthusian monastery (founded 1375, abolished 1782), later reconstructed in Baroque style
- Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church (former Premonstratensian Abbey)
– situated in Zábrdovice, a Baroque church from the 1660s (interior from the 18th century), a part of the former Premonstratensian monastery abolished in 1780s with St. Cunigunde Church (dedicated 1211); as of 2010[update] it serves as a hospital
- Church of the Sacred Heart
– situated in Husovice, with Art Nouveau elements, finished 1910; since 1990s administered by the Franciscans
- Church of St. Cyril and Methodius
– situated in Židenice, finished 1935
- Church of the Immaculate Conception
– situated in Trnitá, built in 1910s in Art Nouveau style to replace the demolished St. Stephen Church
- St. Giles's Church
– situated in Komárov, started in the beginning of the 12th century (the oldest church in Brno), later rebuilt
Protestant
- Hussite Church in Botanická Street
– a functionalistic building from 1928-1929
- Hussite Church in Královo Pole
- Hussite Church in Židenice
- Evangelical Church in Židenice
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Meetinghouse on Sochor Street in the Žabovřesky District.
Non-Christian places of worship
- Synagogue in the Skořepka Street
– the only remaining one of Brno synagogues, a functionalistic building from 1930s
- Mosque
– in the Vienna (Vídeňská) Street; the first mosque in the Czech Republic (opened 1998), with no minaret
Photogallery
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The Augustinian Abbey
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St. Leopold Church
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St. Augustine Church
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Salesian Church in Žabovřesky
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Church in Královo Pole with a part of former Charterhouse
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Church in Zábrdovice
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Church in Husovice
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Roman Catholic Church in Židenice
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Church of the Immaculate Conception
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Church in Komárov
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Hussite Church on Botanická Street
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Hussite Church in Královo Pole
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Hussite Church in Židenice
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Evangelical Church in Židenice
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Brno Synagogue
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Brno Mosque
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LDS (Mormon) meetinghouse
Joined villages and large housing estates
- Horní Heršpice – St. Clement Hofbauer Church
- Přízřenice – St. Margaret Church
- Starý Lískovec – St. John of Nepomuk Church
- Komín – St. Lawrence Church
- Bystrc – Church of St. John the Baptist and John the Apostle
- Žebětín – St. Bartholomew Church
- Řečkovice – St. Lawrence Church
- Soběšice – Church of the Immaculate Conception
- Obřany – St. Wenceslaus Church
- Líšeň – St. Giles Church
- Slatina – Holy Cross Church
- Tuřany – Church of the Annunciation
- Tuřany – Hussite Church
Photogallery
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Church in Horní Heršpice
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Church in Přízřenice
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Church in Starý Lískovec
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Church in Komín
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Church in Bystrc
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Church in Žebětín
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Church in Řečkovice
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Clarisse Convent with church in Soběšice
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Church in Obřany
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Church in Líšeň
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Church in Slatina
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Catholic pilgrim church in Tuřany
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Hussite Church in Tuřany
References
- Buben, Milan, Encyklopedie řádů, kongregací a řeholních společností katolické církve v českých zemích, II. díl/1. svazek, III. díl/1. svazek, Libri, Prague (2003 and 2006).
- Biskupství brněnské, Brno (2000).
- Encyclopaedia of history of City of Brno
- Brno City website
- Orthodox Church community of Brno
- Jewish Community of Brno - relics
- Roman Catholic Bishopric of Brno
- History of Husovice
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