Chotěšov Abbey
Chotěšov Abbey ( cs, Klášter Chotěšov) is a former Premonstratensian nunnery in Chotěšov (Plzeň-South District), Chotěšov, about 18 kilometres southwest of Plzeň in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. History Premonstratensian nunnery The abbey was founded between 1202 and 1210 by the Blessed Hroznata, whose sister Vojslava was the first abbess, and settled by nuns from Doksany, Doksany Abbey. The new foundation soon acquired wealth and influence, to the envy of the surrounding lordships and territories. In 1421, during the Hussite Wars the nunnery was occupied and destroyed by a Hussite army under Jan Žižka. During the Thirty Years' War, in 1618, the nunnery was again occupied and plundered. Between 1737 and 1756 the abbey was extensively rebuilt to Baroque architecture, Baroque designs by Jakub Auguston. Dissolution On 21 January 1782 it was dissolved under the rationalist reforms of the Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor Joseph II. The lands and buildi ...
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