Stop Six – Museum Café Gernata’s House ENG
The urban-type log house with a square ground plan and a mansard roof is a rare sight, unlike common village log houses with rectangular ground plan typical for the piedmont landscape. The house was built in the first half of the 18th century.
Near the house, the local stream called Rokytka used to flow. A bridge bearing a statue of St. Elizabeth spanning over it allowed crossing the stream on the way to the monastery. St. Elizabeth is the patroness of all vulnerable ones – the diseased, the dying, the homeless, the orphaned, … – the ones in need of our love. At present, the statue is located in a park opposite the local retirement home, where it was placed following the piping of the stream underground. The statue was created by the Braun’s workshop in 1720s.
The log house no. 166 used to be owned by shoemaker Jan Gernata, so that is why it is presently called Gernata’s House. Thanks to Gernata, the local museum owns the Mádle nativity scene that is on display on the ground floor of Sucharda’s House. The nativity scene was created by one of the most skilful woodcarvers of Sucharda’s workshop Jan Mádle, and the museum acquired it from him in 1955.
When you open the door and enter the log house, you can have a look at the exhibited artworks and try some confectionery made by the local makers before you continue your journey up to the Paulaner monastery.
Roubenka ( ZČejka.JPG – Obrázek, 2 MB)
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Photo by Zdeněk Čejka, museum archive