A small village near Litoměřice, south of the second highest mountain of the Bohemian Central Highlands called Sedlo (726 metres) became the home of the Czech reemigrants from Volyně after the 2nd World War. The town of Boratín where the descendants of the exiles after the Battle of the White Mountain lived, (they were expelled from the Czech Land because of their belief) was a witness of many power struggles, many heavy losses and also new hopes in its history. One of the fulfilled hopes was settlement of an originally German village of Chotiněves in fruit and hop-growing region of Litoměřice.
Our compatriots did not come unprepared: they brought Lord’s table, a pulpit and an organ from Boratín to their original country. Their desire was to build a church; they left the original one in Boratín…
The congregation of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren in Chotiněves (ECCB) was established in June 1948. They successfully applied for a permission to build a church and already in the autumn 1950 a construction according to architect Bohumil Bareš’s plan was begun. On the 18th of November 1951 there was a ceremonial inauguration of the church. It’s a pride of the village especially when a tower was added in 1987. A church bell comes from an abolished church in Habřina which used to be a center of the Protestants in the vast diaspora of North Bohemia.
The congregation in Chotiněves also takes care of a preaching station in Úštěk where it is also a possibility of accommodation, catering and swimming. The surrounding beautiful nature and also many historical monuments offer a welcome opportunity for rest.