Church of Saint John the Baptist, Classicist church in Vodňany II, Czech Republic

The Church of Saint John the Baptist is a single-nave Neoclassical building erected in 1844 to Josef Sandner's design. Its northeast-facing facade on Kodádkova Street has a round window above the main entrance, a triangular pediment and a small tower topped with a spire. The rectangular presbytery points southwest, and the interior retains 1891 wall paintings and an altarpiece of Saint John donated by Empress Caroline Augusta.

A hospital and cemetery church dedicated to St John the Baptist stood here by 1414; it was burned during the siege of the town in autumn 1620 and restored in 1644. Deemed structurally unsound, it was demolished in 1843. The present classicist church was built in 1844 to a design by Josef Sandner and consecrated on 2 September 1844.

The church's name comes from the pilgrimage held here since 1690, celebrated on the Sunday after the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist on 24 June. The adjacent cemetery, where Otokar Mokrý, František Herites and Karel Šarlich are buried, became a memorial park after its closure in the 1980s.

The church stands on Kodádkova Street by the park of John Paul II, its facade facing northeast and the presbytery southwest. A stone cross from 1847 with a newer figure of Christ stands in front of the building. The former cemetery beside it, holding the graves of Otokar Mokrý, František Herites and Karel Šarlich, was turned into a memorial park.

The church's single-nave classicist design by Josef Sandner was consecrated on 2 September 1844, when a cross was placed on the tower. Inside, wall paintings from 1891 show Christian symbols with plant and geometric ornaments. Above the main altar hangs a painting of Saint John the Baptist donated by Empress Caroline Augusta.