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The Holy Trinity Church is situated in the Liberec suburb of Vratislavice nad Nisou.

Vratislavice has had several churches over the centuries, but only the Church of the Holy Trinity from 1700-1701 has been preserved. It was built at the instigation of Count Gallas by the famous Prague architect M. A. Canevalle, who also designed the Church of the Holy Cross. The single-nave Baroque building was renovated from top to bottom in 1900-1901 by the firm Sachers und Söhne from Liberec, following plans by the Viennese architect Friedrich Ohmann (the designer of the North Bohemian Museum building). During the aforementioned modifications, stucco work symbolising the Holy Trinity (a relief of an eye in a triangle set in clouds and rays) was added to the entrance doorway, the tower was raised and a new clock was added, lit up by electric lights at night. The interior fixtures and fittings of the church from the same period have also been preserved. 

The main altar from 1836 is a remarkable combination of classicism and the style dubbed second rococo; the altarpiece of the Holy Trinity is the work of F. Leubner and dates from 1782. The triumphal arch is semicircular, bearing at the top the date it was built, 1701, and the year it was repaired, 1984, with a quotation from Psalm 115: " Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name be the glory."

On the outer wall of the church there are little chapels of the Stations of the Cross. They date from 1779 and were restored in 1830; relief groups were also added.

The Holy Trinity is the common name for God the Father (Creator of the World), the Son (Jesus Christ) and the Holy Spirit (Sanctifier of Light), who all share a single divinity. In art, the Holy Trinity is sometimes depicted by the figures of God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove; at other times it is symbolised by a triangle, as in the case of the Eye of God.