Znojmo Minorite Monastery

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Former Minorite monastery, today the location of the South Moravian Museum in Znojmo
Plaque at the South Moravian Museum in Znojmo (former Minorite monastery)

The Znojmo Minorite Monastery was a monastery in the town of Znojmo (Znaim) in the Czech Republic .

history

The Znojmo Minorite Monastery was originally founded for the Minorites and was later occupied by the Franciscans. Today there is a branch of the South Moravian Museum in Znojmo (Jihomoravské muzea ve Znojmě) .

Minorite Monastery

And situated in close proximity to Znojmo Castle former Minoritenkloster was built by King I. Wenzel donated. It was first mentioned in a document in 1239. After a campaign against Prussia, King Ottokar II. Přemysl is said to have given the monastery rich gifts and expanded it. After his death in the Battle of Marchfeld , he was laid out in the Minoritenkirche in Vienna for 30 weeks and in 1279 buried here in the crypt of the monastery church. It was not until 18 years later in 1296 that his remains were transferred to Prague .

Under King Ottokar II. Přemysl, the Znojmo Clarissini Monastery was also built on a neighboring property in 1271 , so that both monasteries could share the Church of the Assumption of Mary.

In 1307 King Rudolf I and his father Albrecht I met here . They agreed a new regulation for the succession to the throne in the Bohemian lands, which they later announced here.

At the beginning of the 14th century, the members of the mendicant order settled in Znojmo had to struggle with great problems, from which they later recovered under Charles IV . The Hussite Wars , however, threw them into trouble again. Various efforts to help the members of the Znojmo Minorite Monastery failed, however. For example, the Lomnic family, who lived in Znojmo Castle, renewed the monastery church, which burned down in 1494, and in 1569 Wenceslaus von Lomnic chose the monastery as a burial place for himself and his family.

The Znojmo Minorite Monastery was closed due to a lack of young people. In 1534, with the permission of the Bohemian and Roman-German King Ferdinand I, the Franciscans moved here.

Franciscan

From 1470 the order of the Franciscans owned its own monastery in the lower suburb of Znojmo, but it was exposed to warlike events unprotected. After the Order of Minorites in Znojmo was extinguished in 1534 they were able to move to the abandoned Minorite monastery within the city walls.

In the second third of the 16th century, parts of the current Franciscan monastery were partially rebuilt.

At the beginning of the 17th century the monastery was the scene of the Moravian Parliament several times .

In 1782 the monastery was dissolved under Emperor Joseph II .

Further use

The time of the desecration of the monastery church is not known. It was demolished in 1840.

In the further course of its history, parts of the former Znojmo Minorite Monastery were used as a cadet institution. In 1825 it was converted into a prison and since 1945 the premises of the South Moravian Museum in Znojmo have been used.

literature

  • Anton Huebner, Viktor Huebner, Michael Netoliczka: Memories of the royal. City of Znojmo. According to the manuscripts left behind by the kk pen. District captain Mr. Anton Huebner, edited by Viktor Huebner and Michael Netoliczka. VIII. Delivery

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Minorite monastery, later Franciscan monastery ( Memento from February 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  2. ↑ http://www.czecot.com/de/touristenobjekt/3360_minoriten-kloster-kloster-und-museum-znojmo
  3. ↑ Minorite monastery, later Franciscan monastery ( Memento from February 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  4. ↑ http://www.czecot.com/de/touristenobjekt/3360_minoriten-kloster-kloster-und-museum-znojmo
  5. ↑ ZBRANĚ ORIENTU / MINORITSKÝ KLÁŠTER

Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 24.5 "  N , 16 ° 2 ′ 42.5"  E