Trappist Abbey of Naší Paní nad Vltavou

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The monastery church (in the middle) and one of the abbey buildings (left)

The Trappist Abbey of Naší Paní nad Vltavou ( Our Lady of the Vltava ) is the only Trappist monastery in the Czech Republic . It is located in the Poličany part of Křečovice ( Okres Benešov ) on a hill above a bend in the Vltava river .

history

In 2007 nine Cistercian women from the strict observance (Trappist women ) of the Vitorchiano Abbey founded the Naší Paní nad Vltavou priory . They accepted an invitation from the Archbishop of Prague, Cardinal Miloslav Vlk .

In 2008, Nuncio Diego Causero laid the foundation stone for the monastery church. In 2012 she was Cardinal Vlk ordained . In 2018 the priory was elevated to an abbey .

Abbesses

  • Lucia Tartara (since 2018, previously prioress)

literature

  • Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 1075.

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Trapistický Klášter Naší Paní nad Vltavou (Italian), accessed on 27 August 2018th
  2. ↑ Naší Paní (English), accessed on August 27, 2018.

Coordinates: 49 ° 44 ′ 16.1 ″  N , 14 ° 25 ′ 26.3 ″  E