Fountains
Based on the burgrave’s sheets we know that one fountain was in the market and the other one in Krajské předměstí. Water was led to them via pipeline. Information on two fountains does not exclude existence of other ones. The original fountains of the Renaissance era were made of wood. With exception of fountains the carpenters were also producing cisterns. There were tubs standing next to the fountain and there was also a trough, which was used for cattle. Consumption of water was quite high, since cattle drank in the morning, before being driven to Bořetín pastureland, and then again in the evening after its return. Excessive water flew to the small lake. The water for cooking and brewing beer was taken from the well. Cutting of ice was duty of the guard, who also had to maintain a narrow trough leading to the fountain and the small lake.
The first stony fountain is of the year 1663. It was ordered at the stonecutter in Machov, who made it of one sandstone rock. The heavy fountain with weight of 6 ton was brought in winter on a specially made sleigh: transportation lasted five days and bridges had to be strengthened because of it. The transport aroused agitation in three manors. The fountain was placed next to the small lake. Later on it was moved to Horské předměstí in front of the house No. 1006 and then again returned to the square in 1932, specifically in front of the manor brewery, which was being destroyed by this time. The owner of the chateau paid for it to the town 500 crowns. In 1954 the fountain had to give place to Smetana’s monument and it moved to the other side of the entrance road to the chateau in the chateau park, where it has been standing so far.
The second fountain is a little smaller; it is of the year 1709. It is again of one sandstone rock and comes from rocks of Německá Čermná of the county Klodsko, which belonged to the Kingdom of Bohemia at this time. Nowadays it is at the graveyard in Bořetín.
Sculptures and sculptural groups
The Marian Column, in other works also the Column of Virgin Mary, is a baroque monument. It was built in the year 1696 at the expenses of the town as expression of gratitude that the plague epidemic had missed the town. It happened 15 years after the plague epidemic and these fifteen years are evidence that the town had big financial problems at that time.
The sculptural group of the Holy Trinity has been in the square since 1767, when it was built at the town’s expenses as a thanksgiving for termination of the Seven Year‘s War. It is a Rococo sandstone sculptural group on a high pedestal. During alignment of the square surface in 1905 there had to be added other stairs to the sculptural group.
The sculpture of St. James, moved from the demolished Church of St. Salvador, is next to the church wall.
The monument of Bedřich Smetana represents a decoration of the church of a very high value. It was located in the park in front of the chateau in 1954. The author of the sculpture is a local native, the academic sculptor Josef Marek. He depicted Smetana in a very sophisticated way and his approach exceeded works of other sculptors.
At occasion of the 500th anniversary of foundation of the town there was unveiled the sculpture of the town founder, Jan Černčický of Kácov, in the space between the club house and the dean church, the author of which is the academic sculptor Petr Novák of Jaroměř.
Since October 2006 the “Allegory Metuje” by the academic sculptor Olbram Zoubek observes river from the rocky promontory at the entrance to the historical square at Zázvorka.
