Teplá Abbey, Premonstratensian monastery in Teplá, Czech Republic
Teplá Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery whose complex includes the Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, convent and prelature buildings, a former hospital, pharmacy, granary and farmyard. The church, one of the oldest Romanesque buildings in Bohemia, has a high altar made by Josef Lauermann and Ignatius Platzer in 1750.
Founded in 1193 by Czech nobleman Hroznata, the monastery received its first monks from Prague's Strahov Abbey. The site became an important center for the Premonstratensian order in the region over the following centuries.
The abbey church is dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, and the founder Hroznata is commemorated each 14 July, the day of his death. His relics were placed in a side altar after his beatification in 1897. The monastery also runs a guesthouse for visitors.
The abbey lies on the left bank of the Teplá river, 1.5 km south of the town of Teplá and 12 km east of Mariánské Lázně, reached by road II/210. The grounds hold the church, convent, prelature, former hospital, pharmacy, granary and farm buildings, so allow time to walk between them.
The founder Hroznata, beatified in 1897, lies in a sarcophagus beneath the floor before the main altar. This hidden tomb connects the monastery's living history with its spiritual importance today.
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