Velký Valštejn, kostel sv. Františka Xaverského

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The church was founded by Emperor Joseph II. the imperial-royal Moravian-religious fund and was dedicated to St. Francis Xavier. It was a stone building dating from 1793 - 1795, when the royal court chamber was held dominion from Albrechtice (Olbersdorf) and carry out a sovereign power (jus patronatus). It was a single-nave church building with a clock tower and altar oriented to the south. Tailgate sacristy carried sundial. The hundredth anniversary of the founding of the church (1895) has cost 5,240 gold inside and out thoroughly renovated. In 1908, the church received an organ made by the famous organ workshop Krnov Rieger brothers. In 1933, the tower was repaired. On February 9, 1942 were commandeered for the war two bells from the church. Last German pastors in the church were Stephan Gruner, rector 1911 - 1929 Edward Nowak, pastor 1929 - 1935 and 1941 - 1942 Richard Weidlich, rector 1935 - 1941 Nikolaus Richter, pastor 1942 - 1946.