Originally, a wooden chapel stood on the site of St. Barbara's Church. The surviving building accounts show that the construction of the new church, designed by Kryštof Dientzenhofer, began in 1725 and was completed two years later. In 1748-50, work was still being done on the interior furnishings and alterations. The church has an oval nave with seven semicircular chapels, including the chancel.
The chancel is also slightly conical in plan. Above the main entrance to the church there is a commemorative plaque with the monogram of Abbot Otmar Zinke and the year 1726 - the year when St. Barbara's church was consecrated. At present, the interior of the church consists only of the altar architecture. Probably the most valuable monument is the altar in the south central chapel, which used to be the main altar. Various reliefs and sculptures, mostly dating from the 18th century, as well as other more valuable furnishings are safely stored in the depositories. In the exhibition of the Museum of Broumov Region there is a panel painting of the Crucifixion from the 15th century, which is a unique monument of its kind in the whole region and was originally part of the Otovice church. Today we can find the Church of St. Barbara in the middle of the village, but originally it stood isolated in an open space surrounded by a cemetery.
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