Podlipnické churches – a past without a future?
international conference
At the beginning of summer, an international conference will take place at Lipnice Castle, aimed at recapitulating the past, present, and future of this unique collection of Gothic sanctuaries, which in recent years have unmistakably entered the public consciousness under the term Podlipnické churches.
What are the Podlipnické churches and how have they changed over the past twenty years? How can medieval rural churches be well utilized in the 21st century? How can they be given new life? How to sensitively combine the old and the new? These will be the main questions of the summer meeting, which will include topics at the intersection of general history, art history, and heritage care, all the way to architecture, liturgy, and both historical and contemporary music. The meeting will involve both leading foreign experts, such as art historians Bibiana Pomfyová and Marius Winzeler, as well as domestic specialists: writer Miloš Doležal, art historians Jan Dienstbier, Jan Fiřt and Filip Srovnal, musician and musicologist David Eben, historian Tomáš Petráček, restorer Michal Šelemba, and architects Miloslav Hanzl and Norbert Schmidt, literary historian Miloš Sládek, Lipnice castle steward Marek Hanzlík, and many others. The conference will also include a sound music performance led by composer Jan Trojan.
The conference is organized by the Friends of the Podlipnické Churches in cooperation with the parish of Lipnice nad Sázavou, the Center for Theology and Art at KTF UK, and the National Heritage Institute.
The Friends of the Podlipnické Churches, as a non-profit organization, began to engage in the preservation and gradual restoration of three Gothic churches located near Lipnice Castle as early as 2001. The churches of St. Martin in Dolní Město, St. George in Řečice, and St. Margaret in Loukov, built in the 14th century, are unique for several reasons: All three have been minimally altered and remodeled over the centuries. They all retain original wall paintings. The churches have become an inseparable part of the landscape surrounding Lipnice Castle and have indelibly left their mark on the cultural map, as well as on the everyday life of the local inhabitants.
What are the Podlipnické churches and how have they changed over the past twenty years? How can medieval rural churches be well utilized in the 21st century? How can they be given new life? How to sensitively combine the old and the new? These will be the main questions of the summer meeting, which will include topics at the intersection of general history, art history, and heritage care, all the way to architecture, liturgy, and both historical and contemporary music. The meeting will involve both leading foreign experts, such as art historians Bibiana Pomfyová and Marius Winzeler, as well as domestic specialists: writer Miloš Doležal, art historians Jan Dienstbier, Jan Fiřt and Filip Srovnal, musician and musicologist David Eben, historian Tomáš Petráček, restorer Michal Šelemba, and architects Miloslav Hanzl and Norbert Schmidt, literary historian Miloš Sládek, Lipnice castle steward Marek Hanzlík, and many others. The conference will also include a sound music performance led by composer Jan Trojan.
The conference is organized by the Friends of the Podlipnické Churches in cooperation with the parish of Lipnice nad Sázavou, the Center for Theology and Art at KTF UK, and the National Heritage Institute.
The Friends of the Podlipnické Churches, as a non-profit organization, began to engage in the preservation and gradual restoration of three Gothic churches located near Lipnice Castle as early as 2001. The churches of St. Martin in Dolní Město, St. George in Řečice, and St. Margaret in Loukov, built in the 14th century, are unique for several reasons: All three have been minimally altered and remodeled over the centuries. They all retain original wall paintings. The churches have become an inseparable part of the landscape surrounding Lipnice Castle and have indelibly left their mark on the cultural map, as well as on the everyday life of the local inhabitants.
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