Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Mohelnice nad Jizerou (Czech Republic)

The Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Mohelnice nad Jizerou, Mladá Boleslav District is a brick sacral building from the second half of the 12th century. The church belongs to the Mnichovo Hradiště parish - deanery. In addition to the church itself, the heritage site also includes an adjacent functional cemetery with a columbarium and fence. The church with one nave has a rectangular plan. It was built of Hruboskalske sandstone, masonry of precisely machined blocks, built in rows, each row of a different height. On the west side of the church there is a prismatic tower, on the east side there is an apse, covered with a domed roof. On the north side is the pseudo-romantic sacristy, completed during the reconstruction in 1876. In that year the church was restored in the spirit of historical purism of the 19th century by the architect Josef Mocker, known for many important medieval monuments, including St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague or Karlštejn Castle, reconstructions and restorations. After this purist reconstruction, the original Romanesque church was significantly altered. The windows were replaced and enlarged, the ceiling in the nave was replaced, the main entrance to the church was moved, and the floor of the church was raised. Of the original windows, only one small one in the shape of a quatrefoil rose, located on the southwest side of the church, remains. During the reconstruction, a new staircase from the ground level was also built, so that the gallery can be accessed through the entrance from the first floor of the belfry on the west side of the church. The portal of the Mohelnice church is to the south along with two plain Romanesque windows. During building, large-format ordinary masonry was used, the walls are decorated with an arched frieze, complemented by the lines of the apse. The ceiling of the nave of the church is smooth. On the western side of the nave, there is an emporium, supported by two arches, with an original Romanesque column in the middle, the base of which is hidden under the raised floor. The belfry has a square plan, the side length is 4.35 m, and the height is 20 meters. The belfry contains three of the four original bells, that were hidden during World War II. The inscriptions on the bells inform about the time of their creation, the donors and the bell ringers, who created them.

A small, simple, well thought out and detailed model, ideal for a beginner modeler, working with a more experienced colleague. Even the roofs of the towers, which is common in sacred architecture, do not cause problems here - they are sloping, except for one - the apse, but it should not cause problems either.