Most Holy Trinity Church in Fulnek, Parish church in Fulnek, Czech Republic
The Most Holy Trinity Church in Fulnek is a single-nave Baroque church built from 1750 to 1760 to designs by Nikolaus Thalherr, its main altar facing north. The nave ceiling carries painted vaults of figures in clouds framed by white arches, above dark wood pews on black-and-white tiled floor. The oval Chapel of St Joseph adjoins the east wall, and the foundation stone marked 1750 is visible beneath the pulpit.
Construction began in 1750 on a site that once held a religious building from the 13th century, and the new structure was completed in 1760 under architect Nikolaus Thalherr. This replacement followed the Baroque style of the period.
The name Panna Maria Fulnecká refers to the painting of the Virgin Mary Help of Christians above the tabernacle of the main altar, donated to the parish church in 1678 by the Mudrák couple in memory of their two sons who died young. Believers hold that the image shed tears in 1749, and the church grew out of the pilgrim devotion that followed.
The church stands on a slope below Zámecký vrch, its main altar facing north; the single nave connects on the west side to a Gothic cloister now forming the lower floor of the parish house. The foundation stone, bearing the year 1750, is visible beneath the pulpit. The oval Chapel of St Joseph adjoins the eastern wall.
The painting above the main altar's tabernacle, called the Fulnek Madonna, was donated in 1678 by the Mudrák couple in memory of their two sons who died young. In 1746 it was moved to the cloister and broke into three pieces before being repaired.
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