Horní Raškovice - the belfry and the cross, or why the bell rang

In the village of Horní Raškovice in Pardubice, there is an old bell tower and a cross in close proximity to it. The bell tower was built here by the ancestors in 1896 so that they could ring the alarm in case of fire or other danger.
And when they already had a belfry in the village, they began to use it for the regular ringing of the noon, morning and evening bells. The bell served instead of a clock. When kneeling in the morning in…