Kněževes (RA district) - church of St. John the Baptist

Kněževes is a village founded in the 11th century that originally belonged to Czech princes - hence the name of the village = princely village. You can find it about 8 km north of Rakovník.
The oldest written mention of the church of St. John the Baptist dates from 1651. You can find it about 1 km northwest of the town center above the local cemetery. At the beginning of the 19th century, the church was in such a bad state, "that no Holy Mass can be celebrated in it...