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The historic building of the Franz and Mina Hassmann single-chamber kiln, Trnovany, 2019

2. Description

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The original technology of the Linhart patent hop drying the borders of the built up area. The collection of baroque
kiln from Rakovník remains installed here to this day. and classicist statues of saints is unique. Situated initially
A dangling system of handling carts complements the in various positions on the access roads, they have now
two-chamber kiln with a boiler, heating pipes, and folding been located in the chateau garden. There is a statue of St.
hop drying trays at two height levels. Florian: the patron saint of firefighters and the symbolic
protector against fires; which were a great danger in kilns,
The centre of religious life in the locality became the the statue of John of Nepomuk, St. John the Baptist and
Chapel of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary within the the statue of the Virgin Mary. In the centre of the village of
chateau ensemble, which served the Catholic liturgy. It Trnovany, there is an exceptionally high-quality Baroque
was complemented by other small religious structures, statue of St. John of Nepomuk, the Czech provincial saint
such as the Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk above the patron.
mineral water spring in Stekník or the Chapel of the Virgin
Mary of the Seven Sorrows in Trnovany. An important role The most recent development in Stekník, represented
in the religious life of the site was also played the statues mainly by production, storage, and accommodation
of holy patrons, that were placed in the grounds and on facilities of the Hop Research Institute Co., Ltd. in the