Markvartice, St. Martin's Church, collapsed rafters above the nave, 1981

The church has been reconstructed with a new copper roof, tower, and flèche. The nave roof, truss, and vault collapsed in 1984. An addition on the left side of the nave has been mostly demolished. The façade is repaired with new windows, and the tower has new shutters. Temporary doors are closed. Inside, new, unpainted plaster has been applied. Drainage is being installed around the church. The surrounding cemetery has been cleared of overgrowth, nearly half of the surrounding wall is repaire.. Read more »d, and the Stations of the Cross chapels on the wall are being restored. The access stairs to the church and the entrance gate have been repaired. After 1948, the church was deliberately neglected. In the mid-1960s, a damaged roof caused water damage to the trusses. In 1965, parts of the baroque stucco ceiling detached, followed by the collapse of the entire vault. In 1974, part of the roof collapsed. In 1984, the entire roof structure collapsed into the nave. Residents took the fallen beams for firewood, and the ruins were closed off. Eventually, the last preserved vault above the presbytery collapsed, along with the triumphal arch and the Thun coat of arms. Previously, valuable furnishings had been removed on orders of the communist authorities and transported to Slovakia. This included a large altarpiece of St. Martin, a medallion painting of the Virgin Mary above it, two side baroque altars with a statue of St. John of Nepomuk, a painting of Christ's relatives, and 24 paintings of saints and scenes from their lives located on the two-story gallery. Four statues of the Evangelists survived and are now in the church in Růžová. The organ was also taken to Slovakia, and its carved baroque case was reportedly destroyed. A Gothic wooden crucifix and a double-sided hanging sculpture of the Virgin Mary were also lost.