Grab Msgr. Winfried Pilz

Studánka is first mentioned in written sources in 1471. It is said to have been named after the Beautiful Spring (Schöner Born) under the local school. The dominant feature of the village is the pseudo-Romanesque church of St. Francis of Assisi, whose construction began in 1869 and was consecrated three years later. In the south-western part of the village there is a lookout hill Valy, where the remains of the Swedish fortifications from the Thirty Years' War were once visible. Approximately 300 meters west of the church is a small and well-maintained cemetery, which houses a monument to the victims of World War I (it was rediscovered after reconstruction in January 2014). Winfried Pilz, a German Roman Catholic priest and author of religious songs, is buried in the family tomb, leaning and composing a number of compositions in the "Neues Geistliches Lied" (new sacred music) genre. Studánka (a part of Varnsdorf) was first mentioned in written sources in 1471. It was said that it was named after the Beautiful Spring (Schöner Born) under the local school. The dominant feature of the village is the pseudo-Romanesque Church of St. Francis of Assisi, whose construction began in 1869 and was consecrated three years later. In the south-western part of the village there is a lookout hill "Valy", where there were once remnants of the Swedish fortifications from the Thirty Years' War. Approximately 300 meters west of the church there is a small and well-kept cemetery on which a memorial stands to the victims of World War I (revealed after reconstruction in January 2014). A German Roman Catholic priest and the author of songs with religious themes Winfried Pilz is buried in the family tomb here. He has texted and composed a number of compositions of the genre "Neues Geistliches Lied" (new sacred music).