Batňovice - Church of St. Bartholomew

Batňovice - a village between Úpicí and Rtyní in Podkrkonoší first historically documented in 1408. Mentions of the village date back to 1775 in Alois Jirásk's work, Skaláci, in connection with the peasant uprising. The dominant feature of the village is the church. St. Lawrence. Apparently, the wooden church is documented as early as 1356, in 1681 it was demolished and a new church was built. In the years 1784-99, according to the project of the builder Václav Sitta, the church was...