Augustinian Monastery in Pivoň GPS: 49°29’12.042″N, 12°44’15.085″E Pivoň, Mnichov, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic Augustinian Monastery from 14th century – burned in 1421 by the Hussites in the 17th century and plundered by the Swedes. In 1785 the monastery was under the orders of Joseph II. Canceled and sold to L. […]
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Chotěšov Abbey Chotěšov, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic GPS: 49°39’11.726″N, 13°11’54.945″E Chotěšov Abbey is a former Premonstratensian nunnery in Chotěšov, about 18 kilometres southwest of Pilsen in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. The abbey was founded between 1202 and 1210 by the Blessed Hroznata, whose sister Vyslava was first abbess, and settled by nuns from Doksany Abbey. The […]