Church of Saint Stephen, Baroque church in Chotěbudice, Czech Republic.

The Church of Saint Stephen in Chotěbudice is a roofless medieval ruin standing in fields 1.3 km west of the village. Its perimeter walls survive, with symmetrical five-sided polygonal ends at both east and west, two narrow pointed windows on the south facade, and a cross wall with a triumphal arch inserted into the nave.

The church is first documented in 1352 in the papal tithe register; its patrons in 1363 were Bušek z Hluban and his sons. It stood in the vanished village of Mladějov, deserted by 1540, and from 1662 served as a filial church of Mašťov. Roof collapse in the 1970s left a roofless ruin.

The church is a roofless ruin in open fields, so no worship happens here today. Its dedication to Saint Stephen is first recorded in 1540, when the vanished village of Mladějov was already listed as deserted. Visitors find only the standing perimeter walls.

The ruin stands in open fields 1.3 km west of Chotěbudice, reachable only on foot or by bike along field paths; there is no roof, interior or facilities, so bring water and weather protection. The perimeter walls survive and can be walked around.

The church has a rare symmetric ground plan: both its east and west ends close in a five-sided polygon of a decagon, a form unmatched elsewhere in the country. Two narrow pointed windows survive in the south facade, and the wooden west gallery was dated by dendrochronology to about 1610.