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St. Gabriel's Abbey, Prague
St. Gabriel's Abbey or Monastery () is a former Benedictine nunnery of the Beuron Congregation in Smíchov, Prague, Czech Republic. It was built in the years 1888–1891, in the distinctive Beuronese style, by the congregation's architects Hildebrand de Hemptinne and Ghislain de Béthune. Initially a priory, it was raised to the status of an abbey in 1893. The nuns were forced to move to Austria in 1919.Ulrike-Johanna Wagner-Höher: ''Die Benediktinerinnen von St. Gabriel / Bertholdstein (1889–1919)''. Eos-Verlag, St. Ottilien 2008 From then until 2019 the building belonged to the state and was used by state postal organizations, including the Prague Postal Museum. Since 2019 it has been privately owned by a property development company. The church now known as the Church of the Annunciation, popularly called St. Gabriel's, was formerly the conventual church. Since 22 December 1964, both the monastery and the church have been registered as cultural monuments. The community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague 5
Prague 5, formally the Prague 5 Municipal District (''Městská čast Praha 5''), is a Prague city districts, second-tier municipality in Prague. The administrative district (''správní obvod'') of the same name consists of municipal districts Prague 5 and Slivenec. Prague 5 is one of the largest districts of Prague located at the west side of the Vltava river. It comprises Smíchov, Radlice (Prague), Radlice, Košíře, Barrandov, Zlíchov, Zličín, Jinonice, Hlubočepy, Motol (Prague), Motol, Slivenec, Butovice, Chuchle, and Klukovice, as well as a very small part of Malá Strana. The district was the first one in Prague that offered free wireless internet connection to its citizens. Prague 5 is growing more important since the reconstruction of Anděl (neighborhood), Anděl on Smíchov. Now, Anděl is the heart of Prague 5, with thousands of offices and one big shopping mall. Also, the underground garages in Anděl are the biggest in Prague. Prague 5 is very easily accessible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of with a mostly temperate Humid continental climate, continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec. The Duchy of Bohemia was founded in the late 9th century under Great Moravia. It was formally recognized as an Imperial Estate of the Holy Roman Empire in 1002 and became Kingdom of Bohemia, a kingdom in 1198. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, all of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown were gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy. Nearly a hundred years later, the Protestantism, Protestant Bohemian Revolt led to the Thirty Years' War. After the Battle of White ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benedictine
The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, they are the oldest of all the religious orders in the Latin Church. The male religious are also sometimes called the Black Monks, especially in English speaking countries, after the colour of their habits, although some, like the Olivetans, wear white. They were founded by Benedict of Nursia, a 6th-century Italian monk who laid the foundations of Benedictine monasticism through the formulation of his Rule. Benedict's sister, Scholastica, possibly his twin, also became a religious from an early age, but chose to live as a hermit. They retained a close relationship until her death. Despite being called an order, the Benedictines do not operate under a single hierarchy. They are instead organized as a collection of autonomous monasteries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beuron Congregation
The Beuronese Congregation, also known as Beuron Congregation, is a union of mostly German or German-speaking monasteries of both monks and nuns within the Benedictine Confederation. The congregation is under the patronage of Martin of Tours, the patron saint of the Archabbey of Beuron. History The origin of the Beuron Congregation begins with the Archabbey of St. Martin, Beuron, founded in 1863, the first declarations of which in 1866 already had in view an expansion to a congregation. After a further foundation, that of Maredsous Abbey in Belgium, the first constitutions of the Beuronese Congregation were ratified in Rome in 1873. Further foundations outside Germany followed during the period of "cultural struggle" ''(Kulturkampf)'', when the community was driven out of Beuron. Most relocated to an old Servite monastery in Volders in the Austrian Tyrol. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smíchov
Smíchov () is, since 1922, a district and cadastral area of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, and is part of Prague 5. It is on the west bank of the Vltava river. History It was only on 22 February 1903, that Smíchov was elevated to a city by imperial decision, and on 21 January 1904, Smíchov was granted a city coat of arms. In 1910 population of Smíchov was 51,791. After the first world war on the basis of the Act on Great Prague, Smíchov was attached to Great Prague in 1922 as part of its new urban district Prague XVI. The Ringhoffer factory, founded in 1852 by railway magnate Baron Franz Ringhoffer (1817–1873) and nationalized after World War II, was part of one of the largest industrial enterprises of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (and later of Czechoslovakia). The Ringhoffer Works with more than 30,000 employees played a significant role in central European economy with global relevance, exporting railway carriages, cars ( Tatra) and trucks across the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its Prague metropolitan area, metropolitan area is home to approximately 2.3 million people. Prague is a historical city with Romanesque architecture, Romanesque, Czech Gothic architecture, Gothic, Czech Renaissance architecture, Renaissance and Czech Baroque architecture, Baroque architecture. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary. The city played major roles in the Bohemian Reformation, Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beuron Art School
The Beuron school was an art movement founded by a confederation of Benedictine monks in Germany in the late 19th century.''The Revival of Medieval Illumination: Nineteenth-Century Belgium Manuscripts and Illuminations from a European Perspective'' by Thomas Coomans and Jan De Maeyer 2007 page 144 Notables In addition to the first abbot of Beuron Archabbey, Maurus Wolter (died 1890), who founded the monastery with his brother Placidus in 1863, the early leaders of the artistic school were Father Desiderius Lenz (1832–1928) and Gabriel Wuger (1829–1892). Several Benedictine artists worked within the school, including Jan Verkade. Principles Beuronese art is principally known for its murals with "muted, tranquil and seemingly mysterious colouring". Though several different principles were in competition to form the canon for the school, " e most significant principle or canon of the Beuronese school is the role which geometry played in determining proportions." Lenz elabo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildebrand De Hemptinne
Hildebrand de Hemptinne (10 June 1849 - 13 August 1913) was a Belgium Benedictine monk of Beuron Archabbey, the second Abbot of Maredsous Abbey, and the first Abbot Primate of the Order of St. Benedict and the Benedictine Confederation. Biography Félix de Hemptinne was born in Ghent, Belgium on 10 June 1849, the second of the seven children of Joseph de Hemptinne and Pauline Gonthijn. His parents were very devoted Roman Catholics and his father was a wealthy industrialist of Ultramontane views. Félix had heard the call of Pope Pius IX to defend the papal states, but he was too young to join the cause. At the age of 16 he finally obtained his father's permission to enlist in the Papal Zouaves, serving until experiencing a vocation to monastic life. On 3 February 1869 Félix entered Beuron Archabbey in Germany, made his religious profession on 15 August 1870, and received the name "''Hildebrand.''" He had been drawn to this newly founded monastery led by Archabbot Maurus Wolter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague Postal Museum
The Prague Postal Museum (), Prague, Czech Republic, was established in 1918 by the Czechoslovak Ministry of the Post and Telegraph. The ministry was in charge of the museum until the end of 1992. With the Velvet Revolution, fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia and the subsequent peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia, dissolution of the state the collections of the museum were split into Czech and Slovak parts. The Czech museum belongs to the state-owned company Czech Post. Since 1988 it is housed in the restored building of , a cultural monument (Czech Republic), Cultural monument of Czech Republic, id number 40042/1-1189. There is a branch of the museum in Vyšší Brod, in the 13th century Cistercian Vyšší Brod Monastery. References External links * Postal system of the Czech Republic Museums in Prague Postal history Museums established in 1918 {{coord, 50, 5, 32.06, N, 14, 25, 43.07, E, display=title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pertlstein
Pertlstein is a former municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Fehring Fehring is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in Styria, Austria. The landscape is rolling hills cut by the valley of the Raab. Fehring is on a socket some metres above the valley floor. The town is bordered to the east by B .... Population References Cities and towns in Südoststeiermark District {{Styria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankt Johann Bei Herberstein
Sankt Johann bei Herberstein is a former municipality in the district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in Styria, Austria. It has 355 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011). Since 2015, it is part of the municipality Feistritztal. References Cities and towns in Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District {{Styria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feistritztal
Feistritztal is since 2015 a municipality in Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District in Styria, Austria. The municipality was founded as part of the Styria municipal structural reform, on 31 December 2014, from the dissolved independent municipalities Blaindorf, Kaibing, Sankt Johann bei Herberstein and Siegersdorf bei Herberstein (all in political District Hartberg-Fürstenfeld), plus Hirnsdorf (in political Weiz District). The border of the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District and Weiz District was altered, that the new municipality lies completely in Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District. Municipality arrangement The municipal territory includes the following seven sections (populations as of 2015): * Blaindorf (305) * Hirnsdorf (673) * Hofing (128) * Illensdorf (230) * Kaibing (391) * Sankt Johann bei Herberstein (387) * Siegersdorf bei Herberstein (293) The municipality consists of 7 Katastralgemeinden (areas 2015): * Blaindorf () * Hirnsdorf (456.78 ha) * Hofing (535.21 ha) * Kai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
