Oslavany Cistercian Abbey
The Cistercian Abbey Oslavany (also Vallis Sanctae Mariae or Marienthal ) was 1225-1525 a monastery of Cistercian nuns in Oslavany in Moravia (now District Brno-Country , Czech Republic ).
history
Heilwida von Znaim founded the first Moravian women's monastery "Vallis Sanctae Mariae", also known as the "Mariental", in Oslavany (20 km southwest of Brno in the Olomouc bishopric ) in 1225 . The monastery, which was ravaged for the first time in the Hussite Wars in 1443, was abandoned after a fire in 1525. The nuns went to the Maria Saal monastery in Brno. The monastery building was converted into a Renaissance castle, which is still standing today. The castle chapel is a remnant of the former monastery church.
literature
- Kateřina Charvátová: The abbayes de nonnes cisterciennes dans le royaume médiéval de Bohême. Leurs relations with the milieu laïc . In: Bernadette Barrière and Marie-Elisabeth Montulet-Henneau (eds.): Cîteaux et les femmes. Architectures et occupation de l'espace dans les monastères féminins. Modalités d'intégration et de contrôle des femmes dans l'Ordre. Les moniales cisterciennes aujourd'hui . Créaphis éditions, Grâne 2001 (files from a colloquium from 1998), pp. 227–238.
- Božena Kopičková: lay people as benefactors of the Cistercian women in Bohemia and Moravia in the light of the documents . In: Cîteaux (Commentarii cistercienses) 47, 1996, pp. 115-134.
Manual literature
- Laurent Henri Cottineau : Repertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés . Vol. 2. Protat, Mâcon 1939-1970. Reprint: Brepols, Turnhout 1995. Col. 2151 (Oslowan).
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 1085.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 7 ′ 36.5 ″ N , 16 ° 20 ′ 5.3 ″ E