page_title: Church of the Nativity, Opočno
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Church of the Nativity, Opočno / History
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Oltářní obraz v opočenském kostele Narození Páně zobrazující narození Krista. Vpravo dole je portrét zakladatele Ludvíka Colloredo z Waldsee, vedle něj jsou zobrazeny jeho manželka Marie Eleonora Sinzedorfová a jediná dcera Marie Antonie.
context_page_description: The Church of the Nativity in Opočno, Czech Republic, is a Roman Catholic church located on Kupka's Square. Built in the 17th century, it was used until 1950 as a conventual church of the Capuchin Convent of Opočno. Today, it is one of the two active Catholic churches in Opočno, together with the parish Church of the Holy Trinity near Opočno Château.
context_section_description: The Capuchins decided to establish a new convent in Opočno in 1673. The Capuchin provincial superior Martinus Freibergensis therefore asked the owner of Opočno dominion for his support. Count Louis Colloredo of Waldsee and his wife Maria Eleonora of Sinzendorfu regarded this idea with favour and already on 30 June  1674 the foundation stone of the new building was laid. The church situated in the north-east part of the newly established square was built between 1676 and 1678 by Capuchin architect Bruno from Budweis and Italian builder Bernardo Minelli. First Capuchins came to Opočno on 23 May 1677, but the church was completed the following year. The Capuchins were supposed to strengthen the Catholic faith among the still predominantly Protestant inhabitants of Opočno dominion.
  In 1733 the convent burnt down together with the adjoining church. The restoration was finished already in 1735, again with support of the Colloredo family. Most of the church furnishings date back to this time.
  During the World War I the Convent accommodated refugees from Galicia and Bukovina. After the World War II the Capuchins ran an orphanage. In 1950 the Capuchin Convent was dissolved by the Communist police and confiscated by the Czechoslovak state and the church started to belong to the local parish.
caption: Altarpiece of the Nativity of Christ with the family of the founder of the Capuchin convent in Opočno
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