kostel svatého Jana Křtitele (Frenštát pod Radhoštěm) Church

The church of St. John the Baptist in the heart of Frenštát under Radhoště is a monument-protected Roman Catholic temple of a single-boat building with a pre-planted prism tower. Its architecture combines elements from three centuries - from the beginnings of the 17th century to baroque decoration to regotizing modifications from the industrial era.

The church was started in 1631 and completed three years later. The tower itself, which today dominates the city, was built more than 80 years later, the beginning was laid in 1717. The tower, which we will see from a distance with its characteristic onion and lantern, won its present form only in 1780, when it was raised and roofed. The saddle roof is carried by a sandbox, the tower's forehead is decorated in the lower three floors by one window, the fourth floor is equipped with a circular dial clock.

The church gradually grew according to the needs of the community. In 1769, side stands were added, and in 1849 it was expanded to the side hall with oratorias. Significant reconversion took place at the end of the 19th century - the 1891 interventions had a regotizing character and brought a pseudo-gothic mobility and part of the current interior features.

The interior of the temple tells about the dedication and artistic preferences of the local community. Under the bleachers are the Chapel of the Holy Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The ship separates from the priesthood a broken victory arch, the undertower is arched by a vaulted vault with liaison crest lunnets. The decoration is supplemented by a picture of the Resurrection and Bethlehem by Josef Prizezek and a whole of fourteen stops of the Cross Road from the sculptor and painter Albino Polášek.

No less interesting is the history of bells. Before World War I, there were four bells in the church. The greatest of them, the Holy John the Baptist, weighed twenty cents and marked us with a sign that mentioned 1667. The second bell, called the median, arose after a great fire in 1661, which struck the town. The third bell of Mary came from 1667, the fifth crack and was cast in 1895. The bells bear the names of the converted priests, purkmasters and other local personalities of the time of their creation.

There was a rich area around the church. The old Christian cemeteries used from 1630 to 1852 were lined with fourteen chapels of the cross road, decorated by the local sculptor Jan Knebl. The premises included the Getseman Garden, originally a skeleton, later used differently. The Baroque Cross of 1753 stood here as a silent witness for centuries. The lids they planted here in 1862 certainly added to the extraction of space. These elements, however, have been preserved little - the cross road and the wall were demolished in 1975 despite the protests of the locals.

Today, the church stands as a living statement about the patient construction work of generations and their retreat towards age. A visitor who enters its interior can, while looking for the interior, see the preserved remains of medieval rolled vaults with crest sections above the organ ring - the last of his younger age, which came back here through regotizing interventions. .