• 10/12/2022
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Burial fashion show.Mummy, including the stepmother of Bedřich Smetana, lies in the Jaroměř crypt<

What is exactly the connection between you and the Church of St. Nicholas in Jaroměř?.So, too, I have a lot of information about the facility and construction of the church, which also applies to the underground part of the temple, crypts with mummies.

We were surprised that the funeral garments have been preserved.For example, flax canvas in which the bodies are stored are extremely solid and high -quality.Jan Kočí, historian and script

I must admit that I did not know at all that in Jaroměř mummy are.Everyone knows about the Vamberk, then there is also a beautiful exhibition in Klatovy.So the Jaroměř mummies are known in the city, it is also a bit of a magnet for visitors.But there is probably not much known about them because they are not commonly accessible in the exposure.

It was previously common that dear citizens of the city or a particular place buried in such a way? Yes, was it quite common.Many of our churches have crypts where a selected group of inhabitants were buried.

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How is it possible that the remains of these citizens were so mummified in Jaroměř?It was also the intention and the bodies were somehow charged or it happened naturally? Is it a natural way, none of those dead has been balsled.And the mummification process has occurred due to intensive ventilation because the crypt has a ventilation system thanks to three large windows that has never been glazed.Thus, thanks to the draft of the body simply dried up.

How much is Jaroměř mummies? There are now 58.Maybe there were even more of them before.And most of them crumbled in a natural way.Comes from 18.century because we have proof of burial from 1735 to 1782.Subsequently, it was no longer buried because they hit the decrees of Emperor Joseph II.that has forbidden this.

How did the people who were in the crypt were chosen?It was the highest layer of the Society of the Royal Demo Jaroměř at 18.century.It certainly wasn't a cheap matter either.Thus, these families were among the highest, they are related to each other and they are the highest representatives of the city.

So are there all families? Yes, even with children.

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Can we be a little more specific, who may be specifically in the crypt?.He got married in Jaroměř and found the place of the last rest there.Then the relatives of Matthias Bernard Braun, Uncle, Aunt, cousin rest there.That was Mislius's family.For example, I would mention the postmaster Simon Viktor, who was said to be a personal friend of Count Špork and apparently also a big gourmet.Špork reportedly drove him to Jaroměř oyster.There are priests, local deans, primat, judges and pharmacist.

Did I hear something about Grandmother Bedřich Smetana? Yes, is that a bit more complicated.We say she's twice a stepfather Bedřich Smetana's grandmother.He is from a relative because Father Bedřich Smetana was three times married and his second wife was Ludmila Exnerová from Jaroměř and this is her stepmother.

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When we enter the underground of the Jaroměř church, what is the atmosphere there?What were your feelings when you entered the first time?It is definitely a mysterious affair.I was there for the first time in my childhood and then when I started to accompany the visitors of the church.This is about 30 years back.The atmosphere there was a bit grim, given the crypt originally looked.Was very polluted, basically everything was black.Opposite was a factory where the soot of the chimney for decades flew in.Today it looks much better there and I think no oppressive atmosphere will fall on you.

You have completely cleaned the crypt.And did you also do mummies?Did they also go through any treatment? Yes.Have gone through complete cleansing, suction of all impurities.There was an incredible layer of dust but everything managed to remove and carefully suck.

And we haven't said that mummies are stored in period clothing.Yes, they are dressed in the original garment, so it is also a wonderful proof of funeral culture 18.century.This is not very common.Thus, they are wearing the garments in which they were buried, a specially made funeral robe.It has certain rules, which we just came up in that cleaning.Some are dressed in their civilian clothes.

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When you suck dust from your garments, you probably saw incredibly beautiful clothing.It is amazing that fabrics of 18.century vydržely až do dnešní doby.That surprised us incredibly, because we were worried if the cleaning would be possible at all, whether it would all crumble under the hands, but it is not the case.For example, flax canvas in which the bodies are stored are extremely solid.Linen processing had to be really good.So it's such a funeral fashion show from 18.century, dá se říct.

How was buried in that 18.century?Když si vezmeme třeba svobodná děvčata nebo malé holčičky, děti, které tam jsou také pohřbené, tak pokud se jednalo o svobodnou dívku, byla pohřbena v modrém.On the heads of rosemary wreaths, rosary, crosses funeral in the coffin.Some have discovered a broken candle as a symbol of prematurely ended young life.Holy pictures are everywhere, often with the patron of that deceased.What surprised us a lot that civilians are often buried in religious clothes or at least in a part of religious clothes.But the religious were not.Apparently this was due to their affiliation to the church brotherhoods.In Jaroměř there was a very strong and large brotherhood of St. Škapulíř or Brotherhood of the Virgin Mary Karmelská.

The crypt has recently been extremely accessible to the days of the European Heritage.When will mummy be seen again? Regularly is possible twice a year.The aforementioned days of European heritage and another regular tour will be possible for the night of churches, which is the turn of May and June.Individual tours are also possible, but there it is necessary to agree and order in advance, preferably in the City Information Center.

You can listen to the whole engaging interview with Jan Kočí about Jaroměř Mummy in our audioarchive.