Ursuline monastery in Kutná Hora, Religious monastery in Kutná Hora, Czech Republic

The Ursuline monastery in Kutná Hora stands on Jiřího z Poděbrad street, where only three of the five planned convent wings were built in 1735–1743 to a design by Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer. The plain facades are marked by a central risalit with pilasters and a triangular gable, and above the main entrance are angel statues and the Trauttmansdorff coat of arms carved by Jan Brázda in 1738–1739. The corner church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, added in 1897–1901 by Friedrich Ohmann, closes the corner with a curved facade topped by a gable turret.

Founded on 24 May 1712 by the sisters Eleonora and Maxmiliána of Trauttmansdorff, who had lived in the Prague Ursuline convent in 1708–1709, the monastery opened in a provisional building on Libušina street. Three convent wings were built in 1735–1743 to a design by Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer; in summer 1742 the building served as a hospital for some 300 wounded Prussian soldiers after the battle of Chotusice. The church of the Sacred Heart was added in 1897–1901 by Friedrich Ohmann.

The monastery ran a girls' school and boarding house, Czechized in 1807 through catechist Josef Herzan, who also set up a pupils' library; German girls learned Czech there, praised by writer Gabriela Preissová. Since 1993 an eight-year church grammar school has continued the teaching tradition, with children's masses and monthly services for older students in the church.

The former convent courtyard is now Sad přátelství, a public park, with a car park beside it. The eight-year Church Gymnasium occupies most of the monastery, so the interiors are school space rather than a museum; the church holds children's masses and monthly services for older students.

The unplastered sections of the courtyard facade still show the joints where the planned church wing was to attach, and the oval staircase with an open spindle is set into the corner. The facade statues and the Trauttmansdorff coat of arms above the main entrance were carved by the Kutná Hora sculptor Jan Brázda in 1738–1739.