Smírčí kámen rejstř. č. 16953/7-860, Stone cross in Opatovice, Czech Republic.
The Pamětní kámen is a rounded stone slab measuring 60 × 46 × 20 cm, set in the field tract Na topole west of Opatovice. A cross is carved in relief on its face, and an illegible inscription covers the back. About 150 m southwest stands a second memorial stone; a third has not survived.
The memorial stone was made around 1650 to commemorate a shooting duel between three officers over an unfaithful woman, a local beauty; all three died in the duel. About 150 m southwest stands a second memorial stone; a third has not survived. The stone is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
The stone is one of three that once stood here, recalling a shooting duel between three officers over a local beauty; all three died. Only this stone and a second one about 150 m to the southwest survive, the third is lost. The name Pamětní kámen, "memorial stone", comes from that story.
The stone stands in the field tract Na topole west of Opatovice, not inside the village; a second memorial stone lies about 150 m to the southwest, while a third has not survived. Reach it on foot along field paths from the village, best in dry weather.
The monument carries the official registration number 16953/7-860 in the Czech Republic's national database of protected cultural sites. This formal listing ensures that the stone cross is documented and protected as part of the nation's heritage.
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