Church of Saint Michael, Parish church in Krouna, Czech Republic

The Church of Saint Michael in Krouna is a single-nave late Baroque church with a medieval core and a 15th-century tower. The tower has a square plan and three right-angled setbacks, with slit windows. The facade features pilasters, a shield with an oval blind window, and a large iron half-crown with five lily-shaped points. The church stands at 543 metres above sea level on a hill above the village, on the right bank of the Krounka stream.

The present church replaced an older wooden Gothic building, which was demolished in 1768. Between 1770 and 1773 the new church was built at the expense of Count Filip Kinský for 8,707 guilders. The medieval tower was kept, but its wooden gallery was replaced by a stone one in 1844.

The church bells were requisitioned in both world wars; the only one left, named Prokop, dates from 1529. A memorial stone in the sacristy wall bears a Latin inscription for the parish priest Prokop, killed by fire in 1800. The interior was painted in 1906 by František Martinů, brother of composer Bohuslav Martinů.

The church stands on a hill above Krouna at 543 m, on the right bank of the Krounka, reached by the old road from Čáslav to Polička and Brno. The church, the baroque mortuary and the cemetery wall form one protected complex with the nearby rectory and former school. The tower's bell, cast in 1529 and named Prokop, hangs in the small sanctus turret.

The tower's single surviving bell, cast in 1529 and named Prokop, stayed while the others were requisitioned for war industry in both world wars. Inside, a wall stone near the sacristy commemorates parish priest Prokop, killed by fire in 1800, with a Latin inscription asking eternal rest for him.