The Chapel of St John of Nepomuk stands right beside the main road.
It was built in 1756 thanks to Andrej Hertinger, then a town senator and master miner. The lean-to roof is covered with wooden shingles and topped by a small turret with a bell donated by local parishioner Mária Longauerová in 1939. The original bell was requisitioned during the First World War.
According to the parish chronicle, a fire broke out in the village on the Feast of the Assumption (15 August) in 1868 and engulfed the entire Pivár quarter. The chapel’s 80-pound (47.2 kg) bell melted and the roof burnt down. The chapel underwent a complete renovation in 1938.
At the centre of the sanctuary is the original Rococo polychrome carved wooden relief showing St John of Nepomuk being thrown into the Vltava, which serves as the chapel’s altar. Litanies are held here on the feast day of St John of Nepomuk.
Visits to the churches and the chapel can be arranged with the Banská Belá municipal office on +421 45 693 32 21 or by email at info@banskabela.sk.
