kostel svaté Maří Magdalény (Dětmarovice) Church

Dětmarovice on the Karvina region was first mentioned in writing in 1305. The parish Church of Saint Mary Magdalene has stood here since 1868 to 1870. Since 2010 it has been a cultural monument together with a section of the boundary wall and entrance gate.

A wooden church from 1447 used to stand in its place. It was oriented, meaning it was turned with the altar facing east, as was customary. However, it gradually fell into disrepair and was dismantled in 1868. A temporary chapel was built from its wood. A bell tower was constructed on a hill on the land of a man named Nebroje to house the bells.

The new church was designed by Ostrava builder František G. Böhm, who also oversaw its construction. He submitted the plans in 1865 along with a budget of just under 28,730 Austrian guilders. The church was built on the site of the original one, but it was given a different orientation. Its axis runs from north to south, which is why it is referred to as a non-oriented structure. It is a brick single-nave church with a prismatic tower in the middle of the facade.

The ceiling was decorated in 1958 by academic painter Josef Drha with paintings depicting scenes from the Bible. Some statues from the original wooden church remained inside. They were created by a regional artist at the end of the eighteenth century. In 1993 the church was robbed. The thieves took away monstrance, chalices, ciboria and several wooden statues.

Three bells were obtained for the church. In 1870 they were consecrated again and hung in the tower. However, they were confiscated during the First World War for military purposes. Three new bronze bells returned to the tower only in 1995.

The organ was built in 1871 by Novy Jičín organ builder Karl Neusser. It was repaired in 1988. In 2016 it was itself declared a cultural monument. That same year its restoration began, which was taken over by the Krňov Organ Building Workshop Kánský and Brachtl. The costs were estimated at roughly 2.3 million crowns.

The church belongs to the Roman Catholic parish of Dětmarovice in the Karvina deanery. An unusual event is connected to the parish. On White Saturday, April 15, 2017, Pope Francis baptized Mrs. Taťána Čempelová in the Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican. She thus became the first Czech from the Dětmarovice parish to receive baptism at the hands of the Pope.