Church of Holy Trinity, Medieval church in Klimkovice, Czech Republic.
The Church of the Holy Trinity is a single-nave Renaissance church built in 1525–1529 on a small rise west of Klimkovice's centre. It has a rectangular plan closed by a three-sided presbytery, a slate-covered double-ridge saddle roof with a small bell turret above the presbytery, and a high triangular gable on the west facade. A sandstone statue of St John of Nepomuk from 1736 stands in the former cemetery grounds.
Hynek I of Vrbno had the church built in 1525–1529 on a small rise west of Klimkovice's centre, so that Catholics would have their own church while the wooden Church of St Catherine was held by Protestants. The church later passed between Protestant and Catholic owners; in 1681 the Wlczek family made St Catherine the parish church and gave the Holy Trinity church to Protestants. In 1766 the cemetery was moved here from the centre and the church became a burial church. It was altered in 1805, in the 1890s and in 1934, and in 1966 it was entered in the Central List of Cultural Monuments of the Czech Republic.
The church is no longer a parish church: in 1766 the cemetery was moved here from the centre of Klimkovice and the Church of the Holy Trinity became the cemetery church. Burial ended in 1973 and the cemetery grounds were turned into a park. Today the town of Klimkovice occasionally uses the church for concerts and exhibitions.
The church is typically open to visitors on weekends and religious holidays, with viewings possible during services or by arrangement with the local parish. Check locally for current opening hours and details about events or special celebrations planned at the site.
In February 2017, eleven prints of the Stations of the Cross, probably 18th-century work by Johann Rugendas of the Augsburg printmaking family, were found behind the roof trusses. Restored with support from the Moravian-Silesian Region, they have hung on the nave walls since 2019.
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