Church of Saint Catherine, Cultural monument and church building in Volary, Czech Republic

The Church of Saint Catherine is a single-nave Baroque building measuring 16 by 11 metres, with a polygonal presbytery and a sacristy on its north side. Its smooth plastered exterior has a sheet-metal roof and an onion dome on the tower, which retains the lower storey of the Gothic predecessor. A fresco of the Coronation of the Virgin was added above the west entrance in 2000.

A first church on the site is documented in 1496, when Václav Migl left 10 kop grošů for its construction; it was demolished in 1688. The builder Jan Canevalle erected the Baroque church on its foundations, consecrated on 8 October 1690. Fires in 1715, 1754 and 1863 damaged it, and the tower was raised in 1724 to make the bells better heard.

The church is dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria. The Tusset Chapel takes its name from Stožec (German Tusset), because the Marian image from the forest chapel of the Virgin Mary under the Stožec rock was moved here. Two side altars from the first half of the 18th century came from the Schlägl monastery in Upper Austria after the 1863 fire.

The church is located at coordinates 48.9114, 13.8925 and can be reached from the main roads connecting Volary with other towns in the South Bohemian Region. Its position makes a visit convenient during travel through the area.

Volary was once a major rest stop along the medieval Prachatice Golden Trail, a historical trade route. The church marks the center of this former trading station.