Church of Saint John the Baptist, Religious monument in Studenec, Czech Republic.

The Church of Saint John the Baptist is a Neo-Romanesque single-nave church built in 1868 by builders Edmund Zirn of Vrchlabí and Jan Jirna of Lánov. It has a projecting tower and a five-sided apse, with a cemetery on its north and east sides. A statue of the Virgin Mary and a stone cross stand by the portal, and the interior was made by Antonín Sucharda's workshop in Nová Paka.

A small church built in 1589 on the initiative of Jan Stráník of Kopidlno stood on this site. The present Neo-Romanesque church was built in 1866 and 1868 by builder Edmund Zirn of Vrchlabí and Jan Jirna of Lánov, and Bishop Karel Boromejský Hanl consecrated it on 13 September 1868.

The church keeps the name of the older 1589 chapel on the same site, and its bells carry the memory of the village: the Straník bell of 1590, cast by Donát Schrötter of Hostinné, was moved here from the old wooden bell tower. Three bells were taken away on 13 September 1916 to be melted for wartime guns. Mass is still held on Tuesdays and Fridays at 18:00, Thursdays and Sundays at 8:00.

The church stands in Studenec u Horek, with the cemetery adjoining its north and east sides; the portal is flanked by a statue of the Virgin Mary and a stone cross. Statues of St Wenceslas, St Ludmila and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk stand around the cemetery. Mass is held Tuesday and Friday at 18:00, Thursday and Sunday at 8:00.

The oldest bell, cast in 1590 by Donát Schrötter of Hostinné, came from the old wooden bell tower and weighs about 300 kg, with a diameter of 79 cm and a height of 55 cm. Its six-armed crown is decorated with grooves, and a band of small birds runs along the neck above a German inscription. On 13 September 1916 three bells were taken away to be melted for wartime cannon production.