#Sacral building #Brno #1927
Církev československá (husitská)
Botanická 590/1
602 00
Brno,
Czechia
Public transport: Antonínská Tram 1, 6
Access: Public building, free entry during working hours
Today's use: Church, restaurant
Description
This church is considered the first in the Czech Republic whose style is radically modern.
In the broadest sense, one of the most important core theses of the reformer Jan Hus (15th century) was realised in this place. The return of wine to the church community. Of course, in the theological sense this happens in the congregation hall, but also in the secular sense visitors of this place can enjoy wine, other drinks or even food in a restaurant of this multifunctional building. For us it is a big sensation.
The congregation hall is designed for 800 people. This hall is equipped with choir room and a waiting room. Further rooms are offices, a terrace, the pastor's apartment and the caretaker's apartment. Under the hall there is situated a cultural and theater hall with an orchestra pit for 16 players and a stage. In front of the hall there is a vestibule with changing rooms, toilets, a buffet and kitchen. The tower is 32 m high and originally carried the Hussite sun on a 10 m high iron bar.
The Hussite parish of the Czechoslovakian Church explains on their homepage in Czech the very interesting the exciting story of the construction of the building: The foundation stone was laid on June 12, 1927, and the project for the building permit was handed over in August. But then there were problems and fights. The city council withdrew its permit. However, the problems were solved and the building permit was granted again on September 24, 1928. On November 11, 1928, a religious community and numerous guests gathered, and after a common prayer, construction was inaugurated.Everything seemed clear. But the completely unusual cold winter of 1928/29, with severe frosts from the beginning of December to the end of March, caused a delay of almost 4 months. Then the owner of the opposite houses filed a lawsuit against the construction, but even these problems were later overcome. Commissioning took place on August 30, 1929, and on the day of the grand opening on October 28, 1929 (then it was the 11th anniversary of the founding of the republic), to the amazement of the guests, everything was done "up to the last nail". (http://www.ccshbrno.cz/no/botanicka/2017/02/27/husuv-sbor-brno/)
Some more information, also about the connection between the foundation of Czechoslovakia and this church, can be found on:
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/c240-hussite-church-building
Description
This church is considered the first in the Czech Republic whose style is radically modern.
In the broadest sense, one of the most important core theses of the reformer Jan Hus (15th century) was realised in this place. The return of wine to the church community. Of course, in the theological sense this happens in the congregation hall, but also in the secular sense visitors of this place can enjoy wine, other drinks or even food in a restaurant of this multifunctional building. For us it is a big sensation.
The congregation hall is designed for 800 people. This hall is equipped with choir room and a waiting room. Further rooms are offices, a terrace, the pastor's apartment and the caretaker's apartment. Under the hall there is situated a cultural and theater hall with an orchestra pit for 16 players and a stage. In front of the hall there is a vestibule with changing rooms, toilets, a buffet and kitchen. The tower is 32 m high and originally carried the Hussite sun on a 10 m high iron bar.
The Hussite parish of the Czechoslovakian Church explains on their homepage in Czech the very interesting the exciting story of the construction of the building: The foundation stone was laid on June 12, 1927, and the project for the building permit was handed over in August. But then there were problems and fights. The city council withdrew its permit. However, the problems were solved and the building permit was granted again on September 24, 1928. On November 11, 1928, a religious community and numerous guests gathered, and after a common prayer, construction was inaugurated.Everything seemed clear. But the completely unusual cold winter of 1928/29, with severe frosts from the beginning of December to the end of March, caused a delay of almost 4 months. Then the owner of the opposite houses filed a lawsuit against the construction, but even these problems were later overcome. Commissioning took place on August 30, 1929, and on the day of the grand opening on October 28, 1929 (then it was the 11th anniversary of the founding of the republic), to the amazement of the guests, everything was done "up to the last nail". (http://www.ccshbrno.cz/no/botanicka/2017/02/27/husuv-sbor-brno/)
Some more information, also about the connection between the foundation of Czechoslovakia and this church, can be found on:
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/c240-hussite-church-building
