Elisabethan monastery in Kadaň, Religious monument in Kadaň, Czech Republic.
The Elisabethan monastery in Kadaň is a four-winged Baroque building on sloping ground in the Špitálské předměstí reserve, built 1748–1755. Its façades are divided by cordon cornices, and the windows have simple stone surrounds with raised lintels. The Church of the Holy Family stands at the right of the main west front, reached by a broad open stone staircase with sculptural decoration and the foundress's coat of arms above the portal.
Countess Karolina Justina of Schönkirch brought the Elizabethan sisters to Kadaň; the order was officially installed on 16 November 1746, and the foundation stone was laid on 14 July 1748. The convent and Church of the Holy Family were completed in 1755. In 1961 the sisters left and the building became a charity home.
The monastery takes its name from Saint Elisabeth and reflects how religious communities in this region organized their spaces and daily routines. The layout still shows how the sisters moved between prayer areas, work spaces, and living quarters.
The monastery stands in the Špitálské předměstí heritage reserve, on sloping ground with the church facade facing the historic centre of Kadaň. The church entrance is raised to the level of the convent's first floor and is reached by a large open stone staircase with a sculpted balustrade.
The monastery pharmacy, with its own garden, supplied medicines not only to the house hospital but to other hospitals too. Its medical books and pharmacy prescriptions from the 18th and 19th centuries survive as rare documentary material.
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