Rosa Coeli monastery, Premonstratensian monastery ruin in Dolní Kounice, Czech Republic

Rosa Coeli is a monastery ruin with Gothic walls and a Baroque residence on the eastern edge of Dolní Kounice, above the Jihlava River valley. The church ruin still shows parts of the old walls and arches, while the Baroque building now serves as an exhibition space and visitor center.

Vilém of Pulín founded the Premonstratensian convent in 1181 as penance for raids into Austria, and nuns from Louňovice settled here by 1183. A Gothic church and cloister were begun in the second quarter of the 14th century. After Provost Martin Göschl left in 1526 the community dissolved, and the site passed to lay owners.

The Latin name means Rose of Heaven and points to the devotion to the Virgin Mary, to whom the convent was dedicated. During a visit today, you can read the different building phases, from the original Gothic work to the later Baroque changes.

Guided tours must be booked four working days in advance and run during certain months, with audio guides and printed materials providing the main information. The tour leads through the open church ruin and the rooms in the Baroque house, while part of the grounds is also freely accessible.

The site has appeared on screen: the 1983 fairy tale O statečném kováři and the series Četnické humoresky (2007) and Labyrint (2017) were filmed in the ruins. Rescue research in 2012 in the Baroque convent identified five earlier building phases, the oldest a long ashlar structure from the late 12th century.