This Czech Church Is Haunted And Here Are Photos That Prove It

While there are many haunted buildings around the world, this Czech Church might be the only one where you are guaranteed to leave with the picture of a ghost.

St. George’s Church in the charming Bohemian town of Luková has been pretty much deserted since the late 1960s. Originally built in the mid 14th-century, the church didn’t have the best of luck and suffered many fires and accidents throughout the years. Even though the rumor was that the church was haunted, it was reconstructed every time it suffered another misfortune – that is, until the final one in 1968.

That year, during a funeral service, part of the roof of the church fell in. Local parishioners decided that enough was enough – the church was boarded and never used again for service.

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According to Hadrava, the ghosts are a reminder of the Germans who lived in the area before WWI and were then expelled from Czechoslovakia after the War ended. For some people, they represent the spirit of the parishioners who once loved and cared for the church.

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Hadrava’s hard work paid off and word soon spread about the haunted church now permanently inhabited by ghosts. As a result, visitors started to arrive from all over the country and soon from all around Europe. And because visitors started making donations, it was possible to establish a fund to help local authorities and historians begin to repair the church.

St George’s Church, 331 62 Luková, Czechia

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