Štěpánský and Nový ponds near Opatov

Štěpánský rybník was most likely founded at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries on the stream of the same name, and the nearby Nový rybník was also created not long after it. One of the first mentions of the existence of the Štěpánský pond comes from 1594, when Ctibor Smil Pecingar from Bydžín was hunting near it. But let's give a word to Professor August Sedláček and his work "Castles, castles and fortresses of the Czech Kingdom": "In 1594 in the carnival...