Krásná Parish Church

Krásná Parish Church

Krásná (formerly Šumburk) is a village mentioned since 1608, now part of the municipality of Pěnčín in the Jablonec nad Nisou district. However, it is a much older place. The original farmstead stood here in the 13th century. This place achieved even greater, in fact European, importance in the Mesolithic, when material for stone axes was mined here from the local metabasite. Axes were then exported to a significant part of Central Europe.

The rectory stands directly opposite the Church of St. Joseph. It is built partly as a brick building, partly as a timber-framed building. The room on the ground floor, north of the entrance to the rectory, is vaulted and contains the remains of the original black kitchen that have survived to this day.

Below it, in the vast underground, there is a well carved into the rock with clear, almost invisible water, the twin of the St. Joseph's well. The rectory was not only the residence of the first local parish priest and son of the famous doctor - Filip Jakub Kittel, but also Kittel's mansion. The rectory contains a large number of original historical building elements and literally breathes history. Remains of the original figurative painting were also discovered on the first floor. The rectory building (1791) is part of the foothill Baroque complex together with the Church of St. Joseph and the plague column. It lies within sight of the house of the donor and builder of the entire complex, Josef Kittel (today the Museum of Doctor Kittel). All buildings are independent cultural monuments.