Virgin Mary Church:

Originally a Gothic church first recorded in 1374, it was built with a somewhat unusual rectangular floor plan. In 1620, during the Thirty Year war, it was burnt down, but subsequently rebuilt. Further restoration work was conducted in 1735-36, 1893 and 1940. Under the communist government (1948 - 89), the church was left without maintenance and, as a result, significantly deteriorated. Since 1995, the Catholic Church has been organizing a complete reconstruction of the church, with the financial support of the Czech Ministry of Culture, Upper Austrian government, natives of Cetviny/Zettwing (here a particular tribute goes to Ms. Gertrud Schoelhammer from Munich) and the regional government of South Bohemia. Renovation work has been largely completed and a re-opening and re-concecration ceremony was held under the patronage of the Bishop Mons.J.Padour on Sep 6, 2003. There is currently no furnishing, neither any valuables inside the church building which is probably reasonable given its somewhat remote and isolated location. The church building is accessible only occasionally, e.g. during the regular reunions of the families originating from Cetviny. These reunions are usually held in the first half of August every year.

Church before restoration 1995	After restoration 2000
Church interior with the uncovered Gothic paintings

St Sebastian Chapel

First written notice about the chapel comes from 1740. The chapel was located in the area called Prägarten and was a target of regular pilgrimages. St. Sebastian had been traditionally viewed as a protector against the fire, a protection Cetviny/Zettwing certainly desired to have. In 1860 was the chapel pulled down because of building of a new house (Nr. 59) and later erected on a hill overseeing the small town, a place where it has been standing until today. According to tradition, the owners of the mill (Herrenmühle) have been the patrons of the chapel. Thanks to their efforts has the chapel been already renovated.

Chapels in the woods

There are two chapels hidden in the woods surrounding Cetviny: the Parish Chapel (Pfarrkapelle, erected in 1827) and the Cave Chapel (Grottenkapelle, erected in 1892). Several stations of cross made of granite blocks are on the way that leads to those two chapels. In the past, pilgrimages were held to these chapels. There is a natural water spring next to the Cave Chapel which is believed to have healing effects.

The pictures below show one of those stations of cross, followed by the Parish Chapel and the Cave Chapel. Both the stations of cross and the chapels were recently restored. The restoration works were managed and funded by the Czech state forest company, Lesy Ceske Republiky Kaplice, s.p.

Cemetary

Located next to the road connecting Cetviny/Zettwing with Mikulov/Boehmdorf, the cemetery was established in 1792 and the town residents had been burying their dead for over 150 years. It was destroyed together with the small town and rediscovered in the 90-ies only with difficulties, covered under a farming waste dump.

Memorial stone dedicated to the WW1 victims

Located very close to the cemetery, a large granite stone resembles 18 natives of Cetviny/Zettwing who died during the WW1. A granite table with the names of the victims was part of the memorial stone as well.

Thombstone of Jaroslav Novák

A granite thombstone located close to the former border crossing with Austria. Jaroslav Novák was a member of the Czech border patrol mistakenly shot dead during a tense summer of 1938 in a border disturbance by one of his own colleagues.

Water fountain and the plague column

Water fountain
Today, only foundations of the water fountain can be found close to the church building. Nothing suggests that it was once surrounded by the houses of the market place.

Plague column

The column used to be located right in front of the water fountain. On a threesided support, there were statues of St. John and Paul, St. Sebastian and St. Florian. In the middle of the support, there was a threesided column with the statue of the St. John of Nepomuk to whom the column was dedicated. The fate of the column following the destruction of the small town is yet unknown.

State border

Cetviny/Zettwing had prior to WW2 two operational border crossings to Austria: one in the direction of Mairspindt and the other in the direction of Hammern.
Both border crossings ceased to be operational in the times after WW2, but both were renovated and reopened in 2006.  They are suited for pedestrians and bikers. Below see the current picture of the border crossing to Mairspindt. Only a few meters away from the crossing is the thombstone of the border patrol member Jaroslav Novák. .