Kostel svatého Prokopa a svaté Barbory (St Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem Site. Prokop?s and St. Barbara?s church)

History Sub-Carpathian wooden church consecrated to St. Prokop and Barbara stood originally in Hliňanka in Carpathian Ruthenia. It was built at the turn of 17^th and 18^th century and there is a mention about its repair in Hliňanka village in 1735. In Carpathian Ruthenia it originally belonged to the Greek-Catholic church. It was transported to Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem thanks to the director of the Mining and Metallurgical Company in Ostrava, Ing. Šebela. He had it dismantled, loaded onto several wagons and taken to Kunčice. After necessary repair of some parts the church was rebuilt. Also the church tower, which had before been destroyed, was reconstructed. In 1931 the church was consecrated to St. Prokop and barbara, the patrons of the Miners. In 1963 an urn grove was established and opened around the church. Though the church is made of oak beams, it was in an bad state of repair in the 1920s. It originally missed superstructure and also the wooden floor outlived its usefulness. Only with serious difficulties the corresponding wood was obtained, dried and cut by local inventive craftsmen and lifted and equipped with superstructure and the rotten beams were replaced and 15 years ago it was given a new roof.

Contact Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem 739 12

+420 556 850 380 (Parish)

Access The church is located in the northern part of Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem at the right river bank of Tichávka, approximately 1 km from the railway station in the direction from Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem to Čeladná. GPS: 49°32'7.16"N,18°18'10.14"E