Petrin, Cultural monument in Bruntál, Czech Republic

Petrin is a former German boys' seminary in Bruntál, built on a square plan around an inner courtyard, with a small chapel projecting at the front. Construction began in 1924 and the school was completed and opened on 14 August 1926. Since 2002 the building has been protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.

Archbishop of Olomouc issued a decree in 1919 founding a German boys' seminary in Bruntál after the Kroměříž seminary closed. Construction began in 1924 and the school was completed and opened on 14 August 1926. In September 1938 the building was damaged by the Czechoslovak army fighting Sudeten German insurgents, and teaching ended when the school was officially dissolved in 1939.

The name Petrin refers to the Petrino order, the Brothers of the Most Holy Sacrament, who ran a gymnasium here from 1946 until 1950. The square layout with an inner courtyard and a small chapel at the front shows how the building was designed for communal religious education.

Petrin stands on a square plan with an inner courtyard and a small chapel projecting at the front; the building now houses a primary school, the town library, a kindergarten, a school-history exhibition and a leisure centre. Visitors view the facade from the street, and the courtyard layout is best understood from outside the wings.

The square plan encloses an inner courtyard, with a small chapel projecting at the front. The building was completed and opened on 14 August 1926, and since 2002 it has been protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.