Shifted Church  

22.05.2012
Photo taken today, during my trip to Zoopark Chomutov.


Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Most, the late-Gothic cathedral that was built after the town fire in 1515.
Reputation gained mainly in 1975, when it was moved on rails by 841 m, to be rescued from the city, which was with the surrounding villages razed due to coal mining.

Movement is registered In the Guinness Book of Records, as the heaviest object transportation by rail.
Movement lasted two months, subsequent repairs for next 13 year..
Recultivation area after extraction still underway and will run for years yet..

In 1964 was approved by the gradual demolition of old buildings in Most, while construction of new settlements in an unbuilt area south of the city.
With that began to address the question of how to handle the most important local architectural landmark. To save the church has been drawn up several options and eventually was chosen movement.
The original city Most was destroyed the years 1967-1982. The church is the only monument which has been preserved to this day..

Vintage photo of the movement on Wikipedia: cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soubor:K…

Most, Czech republic

For your information: The name of the city "Most" can be translated into English as a "Bridge".

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Edited in Photoshop


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