Apartmán Kvítnice na faře Vincence Zahradníka

Vincenc Zahradník was a Czech Catholic priest, philosopher and writer. He studied theology in Litoměřice, where he worked as a professor of pastoral theology and librarian from 1820. He was an admirer of Bernard Bolzan, who was punished for his reformist views. And so do his followers. That is why Vincenc Zahradník was sent to Zubrnice after his release from prison. "I became a pastor as punishment. (...) The best thing about my situation is that cut off from all the conversation with people, I can read a lot, think and write. I have gained a lot in my loneliness for my growth. I hope that with God's help I will remain healthy and make my understanding even more complete, correct, sensitive and stronger, ”we read in one of his letters of 1824. But the parish that Vincenc Zahradník built in Zubrnice is a magical place. It gained its forgotten beauty after 2013, when Ilona Rožková bought the rectory. She let through the walled windows and let light and life into the house again. He is intensely interested in the life and work of the former pastor and passes on his legacy. For example, through lectures and an exhibition in the barn at the parish, which she transformed into a nice café. But there is much more to Zubrnice. Come and enjoy the folk architecture, cultural monuments and beautiful nature of the Bohemian Central Mountains.