01-06-2012 13:04 Leštiny is a village and municipality in Dolný Kubín District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. The wooden church at Leštiny dates from 1688 and is relatively small and unsophisticated in design, with a wooden belfry. Construction was restricted by the terrain, hence there ios only a hint of the shape of a cross. The interior of the church is noteworthy for its richly-decorated sacristy, painted marble ceiling coffers and illusory architecture on the walls. Also of interest are the main altar from the beginning of the 18th century, the church pews with their coats of arms, the burial flag of J Zmeškal and the epitaph of M Meška of 1753. The church at Leštiny, along with seven other wooden churches of the Slovak part of Carpathian Mountain Area, has been included on the UNESCO's Word Heritage List. Lestiny In der kleinen Ortschaft Lestiny findet sich wieder eine sogenannte Artikularkirche aus dem Jahre 1688. Artikularkirchen sind protestantische Holzkirchen, welche aufgrund eines Dikretes von Kaiser Leopold I. nur aus Holz, außerhalb des Dorfes, ohne Turm, Kreuz, Glocke und der Straße abgewandt errichtet werden durften. Heute bilden sie in der Fülle slowakischer Steinkirchen eine interessante Abwechslung und bringen etwas nordeuropäischen Flair hierhin. Sehenswert sind sie ausnahmlos alle und deshalb führte meine Reiseroute immer wieder an diesen Kirchentyp vorbei.

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