Železná Ruda - Catholic Church of Our Lady Help of Christians from Hvězda

A very special and beautiful landmark of the center of Železná Ruda. The church was built in the years 1729 - 1732 by the owner of the local estate, Count Wolf Jindřich Nothaf. Interesting features of the church are its floor plan of a six-pointed star and a massive dome with a star instead of the usual cross on top.
Inside the church, there is a main altar with a painting of the Virgin Mary from 1854. It is a copy of a painting by Lukas Cranach the Elder in…