Our Lady of the Assumption Co-Cathedral, Opava

Our Lady of the Assumption Co-Cathedral or simply Opava Cathedral for a short, are both common names of the monumental gothic church in the very center of the city of Opava in the Czech Republic.Its construction is believed to start during the reign of the Czech King Ottokar I. Cathedral is built of red bricks, has three naves and two towers. It is built in the fourteenth century Gothic style. Its southern tower is 102 meters tall and remains to be the tallest church tower in Silesia.

Establishing the Church of the Assumption in Opava is associated with the Teutonic Knights. The construction of the church probably began shortly after 1204. Details about earlier Romanesque church at this place are not well known.