Teplá Abbey (; ) is a

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abbey in

Teplá Teplá () is a town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as urban monument zone. Administrative division Teplá cons ...

in the

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of the

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. It is included in the

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History

Teplá Abbey was founded in 1193 by the blessed Hroznata of Ovenec, a Bohemian nobleman (d. 1217, feast July 14 on the

calendar). The first monks came from the

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. The present monastery building was erected by Abbot Raimund Wilfert II (1688-1724); the library was built by Abbot Gilbert Helmer (since 1900). The Romanesque church, with additions in the style of the transition to the Gothic, is one of the oldest churches of Bohemia. The high altar of the church was sculpted by

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and

Ignatius Platzer Ignatius is a male given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name Religious * Ignatius of Antioch (35–108), saint and martyr, Apostolic Father, early Christian bishop * Ignatius of Constantinople (797–877), Cath ...

in 1750. After Hroznata was

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in 1897, his reliquary casket was moved to the

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of the church for display. The original burial place of Hroznata is marked by on the floor before the main altar, where his original

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also stands. Plenteous monastery activity is shown in the literature that is defined by its rich collection of prints of different nature in the monastic libraryKnihovnický zpravodaj Vysočina http://kzv.kkvysociny.cz/archiv.aspx?id=383&idr=2&idci=7

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tepla Abbey Premonstratensian monasteries in the Czech Republic Catholic church buildings in the Czech Republic National cultural monuments of the Czech Republic Cheb District