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Small church, there's nothing to add.

Well-kept old cemetery with beautiful tombstones.

Nice little church. Who plays Geocaching can look here in the game.

The Church of the Fourteen Holy Helpers was built in 1718. In 1789 it temporarily ceased to serve worship purposes. In 2010 the church was repaired to its present form.

In 1680, such a large plague epidemic broke out in Louny that a new cemetery had to be established on the site of a long-abandoned municipal court. When the plague struck again 33 years later, the people of Louny decided to build a cemetery chapel here. The Baroque church was completed in 1718 and dedicated to God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, but also 14 St. Helpers who call mainly for various diseases. In 1680, a large plague epidemic broke out in Louny so that a new graveyard had to be established in the places of a long abandoned courtyard. When 33 years later the disease struck again, the Louny decided to build a graveyard chapel there. The Baroque church was completed in 1718 and consecrated to God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, but also the 14th c. Helpers who are mainly involved in various illnesses.

Fourteen Holy Helpers or Emergency Helpers is a group of saints worshiped in the Roman Catholic Church together and separately, as powerful intercessors and protectors from disaster and disease. This cult originated in the 13th century in Bavaria. I will list them alphabetically. These are the Saints of Acacia, Barbara, Blaze, Catherine of Alexandria, Krystof, Cyriak, Divis, Erasmus, Eustach, George, Giles, Marketa Antiochian, Pantaleon and Vit. In 1448, the Brotherhood of Fourteen Holy Helpers was founded, which was approved by Pope Paul V in 1610 and endowed with indulgences The most important church dedicated to this group of saints is the Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers at Bad Staffelstein in Upper Franconia.

Little known, but very sensitively and nicely renovated church in Louny. In 1680, Louny was hit by a great plague epidemic. Therefore, a new cemetery had to be established. When the plague was to break out again 33 years later, the people of Louny decided to build a cemetery chapel here. The Louny builder Ludvík Naymayer was given the task. During the construction, however, part of the church collapsed. His plans were therefore modified by Pavel Ignác Bayer, a famous Schwarzenberg architect. Thus, in 1718, a new Baroque church dedicated to God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, but also 14 St. Helpers who call mainly for various diseases. The original altar consisted of a large painting of St. Trinity with acanthus gilded frame complemented by 14 white statues of St. Helpers. In the upper extension was the image of St. Joseph with Jesus. This altar (today it is in Malý Háj) was carved by Jan Jakub Char, a native of Žatec, and painted by the Louny painter Jan Jakub Smicheus, who came from Hořovice. The preserved Baroque frescoes come from the circle of the painter's son Antonín (he painted the church in Dolní Ročov). In the pendatives are the protectors against the plague of St. František Xaverský, Šebestián, Roch and Rozálie, and above the chancel the archangel Michael triumphs over death. Soon after the founding of the new religious fraternity of St. In 1738, a hermitage was established in the local cemetery, occupied by the monk "Ivanita", who, in addition to prayers, was also responsible for the work of a churchman, bell tower and gravedigger. He wore a brown robe with a hood and scapular, and a wooden rosary hung behind a leather belt. In 1875, the local cemetery was expanded to the north and west, doubling its area. Thanks to the cemetery church in the 70s of the 20th century. he probably also survived the extensive demolition of the old Žatec suburb, at the end of which he stood. The church served mainly as a cemetery chapel. But at the time when the dean's church of St. Mikuláš (1884, 1926–1928), the main parish services were held there. The local Baroque Calvary was restored in 2003 and installed in the chapel of the Dean's Church. In 2004, the former hermitage burned down, so its ruins had to be demolished. In recent years, the entire interior of the church was repaired, the ceiling frescoes and the altar were restored, and on September 17, 2010, the church was solemnly consecrated again. Services are held here every 1st Thursday of the month from 5:30 p.m.