Bell tower of the Czechoslovak Church in Slatina nad Úpou

The formation of Czechoslovakia was also associated with a change in religious conditions. The Roman Catholic Church was a symbol of the old conditions, and so congregations of the newly formed Czechoslovak Church, today's Czechoslovak Hussite Church, were founded everywhere. On February 2, 1921, Hynek Široký held a lecture at the local school, at which some local falconers decided to transfer to the Czechoslovak Church, whose clergy came here from...