Church of the Finding of the True Cross, Renaissance church in Frýdlant, Czech Republic

The Church of the Finding of the True Cross is a hall church with three naves, built in 1501–1555 by Italian builders Kašpar and Marek Valli, who followed local Gothic tradition. A massive square tower with a gallery stands against the north side of the narrower presbytery, which closes in five sides of an octagon; the Redern funeral chapel with its crypt adjoins it, and a rectangular sacristy lies on the south side.

A church dedicated to St Catherine stood here by 1316; its axis break survives in the triumphal arch. After a Hussite raid in 1432 it was rebuilt late-Gothic and reconsecrated in 1498 by Meissen bishop Johann von Salhausen. Italian builders Kašpar and Marek Valli added the hall nave with three pairs of pillars in 1501–1555, and from 1624 the parish became a deanery and the church Catholic under its present dedication.

The church has held its dedication to the Finding of the True Cross since 1624, when the parish was raised to a deanery and a new dean restored Catholic worship after decades of Lutheran use. The Redern funeral chapel, added in 1605–1610, holds the marble tomb of Melchior von Redern, his wife Katharina and son Christoph, carved over five years by the Wrocław sculptor Gerhard Hendrik.

The building is located in central Frýdlant and is easily accessible on foot from the town center. Visitors should note this is an active place of worship, so visits should be planned with consideration for services or prayer times that may be taking place.

The church received its current dedication only in 1624, when the Frýdlant parish was raised to a deanery and a new dean restored Catholic worship after decades of Lutheran use. Before that it was dedicated to St. Catherine, first mentioned in 1316.