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Follow the monuments of Roundice nad Labem

You can follow the monuments of Roudnice along a special roundtrip with a number of stops at selected monuments. The starting point is a signpost at the Roudnice castle.

Complete information, advice and tips for the trip can be found in the Information and Transport Center of Podřipsko. Here you can also buy tickets to the castle and chateau, if you would like to add an expert explanation to your trip.

Stops

  1. Statue of saint Vojtěch
  2. The Plague Column and the statue of St. Lawrence
  3. Town hall
  4. Jan Hus Monument
  5. The Hláska Tower
  6. Museum of Podřipsko
  7. The bridges of Roudnice
  8. Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Augustinian Monastery
  9. Bell tower
  10. Jewish cemeteries of Roudnice
  11. Chapel of St. Rosalie
  12. The Sokol cinema
  13. Church of the Czech Brethren Evangelical Church
  14. Chapel of St. William
  15. Chapel of St. Joseph
  16. Kratochvíl's lookout tower
  17. The blue touristic rout to Říp
  18. The granary and the statue of St. Jan Nepomucký
  19. Gallery of modern art
  20. Capuchin monastery
  21. Lobkowitz Chateau
  22. Romanesque castle
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Church of the Czech Brethren Evangelical Church

In 1900, the Evangelical Church in Roudnice n. L. began to consider building its own church. The consideration was encouraged by financial promises and donations, especially from Germany.

The pastor Zimmermann from Rhineland was very much involved in this matter. He organized collections in Germany and provaded contact with donors from Rhineland, who decided to donate 10,000 German Marks to the construction of the church. The only requirement was that the temple would be built according to German plans. This eventually led to the decision that the German Otto Kuhlmann would be the architect.

The building of the church was in the hands of the company Kohlík-Plechatý from Roudnice and construction supervision was entrusted to Ing. Josef Záleský. For financial reasons, the planned extension of the tower and the rectory was abandoned. The budget was estimated at 45,000 crowns. Construction of the church began on August 8, 1908. Under the supervision of Ing. Záleský's construction was completed by the winter of the same year! In July 1909, a proposal was accepted to name the church the "Temple of Bethlehem" in memory of Jan Hus. The ceremony and consecration of the temple took place on October 10, 1909.

In June 1938, it was decided to add a tower with three bells to the church. The tower was built according to the plans of the architect Kozák and the construction was assigned to the company Hádl-Hájek from Roudnice. The bells were cast by the company Matoušek from Brno. The tower and the bells were supposed to be completed on the 20th anniversary of the republic, ie on October 28, 1938, but due to the german occupation there were delays, so the bells were delivered and put up on December 21, 1938. However that was enough for them to ring for the first time from the new tower for the Christmas holidays. During the war, however, the tower lost its two bells. They had to be handed over for the war effort of Nazi Germany. After the end of World War II, a smaller bell (with a engraved dedication to the 20th anniversary of the republic) was recovered, which still rings in the tower of the church.