Havlíčkův Brod - church of St. Catherine

Among the oldest buildings in Brod is the church of St. Catherine. It was first documented in writing in 1319. This originally Gothic church documents the mining past of Německý Brod at the time. The church and the hospital were built behind the city walls by the only bridge at the time, which made it possible to cross the Sázava in a wide area. The presence of the church on the bank of the river brought with it the risks of floods, the most destructive of which affected the church in…