Corpus Christi Church, Guty, Gothic wooden church in Guty, Czech Republic
The Corpus Christi Church in Guty is a replica, consecrated in 2021, of a wooden church built by 1563 and destroyed by arson in 2017. It has a steep shingled gable roof and a covered wooden gallery, the sobota, running around the nave and presbytery. Its load-bearing beams reach up to 60 centimetres thick.
Dendrochronology of fir timbers felled 1560–1564 confirms the church stood by 1563, when the region was Lutheran. On 23 March 1654 it was handed to Catholics during the recatholicisation of the Duchy of Teschen; a 1661 inventory records its consecration by Kraków auxiliary bishop Mikołaj Oborski.
The church is dedicated to the Body of Christ; a 1661 inventory records its consecration by Kraków auxiliary bishop Mikołaj Oborski. Sunday Mass is still celebrated here by the Roman Catholic Church, while the Silesian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession holds services in the church in the village centre.
The church is located in Guty within the Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region and is maintained by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ostrava-Opava. Visitors should check locally whether the building is open for viewing.
The replica was built by Antonín Papšík's carpentry firm from Hošťálková using oak and fir wood; architect Antonín Závada drew up the documentation. Four bells were cast in 2019 by Jan Felczyński's foundry in Przemyśl, and Martin David consecrated the church on 6 June 2021.
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