Dolní Marklovice

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Wooden church in the village

Dolní Marklovice (help·info) (Polish: Marklowice Dolne (info)) is a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but became administratively a part of Petrovice u Karviné in 1952. Petrůvka River flows through the village.

Marklowice was a village in Cieszyn Silesia, first mentioned in a written document in 1305, which split in the 17th century into the two parts, Marklowice Dolne and Marklowice Górne. They were joined together again at the end of the 19th century. After division of that area between Czechoslovakia and Poland in 1920, it was divided between these two countries. Todays Dolní Marklovice is a western part of that village. Eastern part of the village is now known as Marklowice Górne and lies in Poland.

The most important landmark of the village is a wooden Ascension of the Lord Church. First wooden church was built in 1360 and was consecrated to Saint Nicholas. New one was built in 1739 of larch wood and consecrated to the Ascension of the Lord. There is a Mother of God painting from 1860 in the church. It was painted by Polish painter and publicist Edward Świerkiewicz. Church is under permanent conservationist supervision and systematically conserved. There is a cemetery surrounding the church. The landmark had been often subject to the works of many artists like Franciszek Świder, Rudolf Żebrok and Tadeusz Wratny.