Peasant revolt of 1775 in Bohemia

It is connected with the activities of the so-called "peasant governor" led by the magistrate Antonín Nývlt[1] from Rtyně in Podkrkonoší, which united the rebellious subjects and gave them a common goal.

Main armoured clash occurred on 25th and 26 March, when about 500-1000 peasants, mostly equipped with improvised weapons, tried to storm chateau of Karlova Koruna in Chlumec nad Cidlinou,[5][6] but were confronted by a group of a few hundred Austrian troops, who pushed them back, some of those forcing to run to the large pond placed nearby, causing several peasants killed or drowned.

[7] The defeat of the insurgent crowd at Chlumec marked the de facto end of the peasant uprising in eastern Bohemia.

The army began its advance from Chlumec to Rtyně, where the revolt leader Antonín Nývlt and a number of his comrades were captured without a fight.

Memorial is made in the form of a larger-than-life statue of a peasant armed with a scythe adapted to the function of a slashing weapon.