Zebín, Natural monument near Valdice, Czech Republic

Zebín is a 399-metre conical hill of volcanic breccia rising from Cretaceous marl, with a compact basanite vein and small volcanic rock outcrops on its slopes. An abandoned quarry lies on the western slope, and the Baroque Chapel of St Mary Magdalene, built around 1700, stands on the bare summit.

Zebín is an erosion remnant of a tuff cone formed by a phreatomagmatic eruption when rising magma met surface water. A vein of compact basanite with mantle xenoliths cuts through the pyroclastic rock. Around 1700 a Baroque chapel of St Mary Magdalene was built on the summit; at the southern foot stands the early Baroque church of All Saints, a remnant of the vanished village of Zebín.

The hill gave its name to the vanished village of Zebín, of which only the early Baroque Church of All Saints with its wooden bell tower and cemetery remain at the southern foot. The summit chapel, built around 1700, is now ecumenical.

The blue hiking trail from Valdice passes the early Baroque Church of All Saints at the southern foot of the hill and continues toward Jičín. By car, the closest access is via Sedličky, a local part of Jičín near a stop on the Hradec Králové–Turnov railway line, or via Valdice. The summit is bare of trees.

The summit chapel of St. Mary Magdalene dates from around 1700 and is now used ecumenically. At the southern foot of the hill stands the early Baroque towerless Church of All Saints with a wooden bell tower and cemetery, the remnant of the vanished village of Zebín.