Czech Republic · 13th century
Žďár monastery ranks #5,274 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #160 of the 243 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded 1252, it is older than 67% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1091 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,219 times in the last 60 days, more than 56% of the atlas. The nearest day-trip guide is Pardubice, 52 km away. It is one of the 189 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Bohemia. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.
The former Cistercian monastery of Žďár (German Kloster Saar) is situated within the territory of the town of Žďár nad Sázavou in Moravia. It was consecrated in honour of "Fons Beatae Mariae Virginis" (Studnice Blahoslavené Panny Marie) and existed, with interruptions, from 1252 to 1784.
Machine-translated from “Kloster Žďár” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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