Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Roman Catholic church in Lichnov, Czech Republic.
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Lichnov is a late-Baroque brick single-nave church with a semicircular presbytery and a tower rising from its gabled facade. Master Václav Görich of Příbor built it from 1786 to 1794 to a design entrusted to Jan Grünberg. The tower was raised by 2.8 m in 1881.
A wooden church with three unconsecrated altars and three bells was built here in 1659 under the Olomouc bishop, whose coat of arms stood on the facade. Weather and groundwater from the nearby pond made it unsafe, so after negotiations in 1783 the old plan was dropped; construction of the new church began in 1786 to a design by Jan Grünberg, built by master Václav Görich of Příbor with carpenter Pavel Bartl of Hukvaldy, and was consecrated on 24 August 1794. In 1881 the tower masonry was partly rebuilt and raised by 2.8 m.
The main altar, carved in 1665 by Opava joiner Vavřinec Lenk, carries a Latin inscription recording the Turkish raid into Moravia on 6 September 1663. Its panels show the apostles Thomas and Simon, Saints Catherine and Barbara, and angels, with a round painting of the Trinity above.
The church stands in the centre of Lichnov, in the Nový Jičín District. It is a parish church, so access follows the regular rhythm of services; the interior can be visited around them. The building is a listed cultural monument.
The main altar, carved in 1665 by Opava joiner Vavřinec Lenk, carries a Latin inscription recording a Tatar raid into Moravia on 6 September 1663. Its circular top image shows the Holy Trinity, with a monogram of the Virgin Mary above.
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