Minorite monastery in Opava, Medieval monastery in Opava, Czech Republic.

The Minorite monastery in Opava stands at Masarykova třída 39, house no. 342, between the former cattle market and the city walls. Its Church of the Holy Spirit has a Gothic presbytery with a cross vault over 20 m high, rebuilt in the 14th century; the convent's south wing holds a refectory and entrance portal, and the west cloister wing keeps medieval masonry.

The monastery was first documented on 3 April 1250, when the Opava convent was accepted into the Czech-Polish province at a chapter in Hradec Králové. A fire destroyed it on 31 July 1431, and from the late 14th century the provincial court met here until 1854. It was rebuilt in Baroque form between 1735 and 1758, nationalized under the communist 'Akce K' in April 1950, and returned to the Minorites in the early 1990s.

The Minorites served the townspeople beyond worship: they let part of the monastery to public authorities, and from the late 14th century the provincial court of the Opava duchy sat here until 1854, with the old dormitory rebuilt as a court hall from 1575. In 1666 the provincial court rented part of the chapter house for its archive. The Opava dukes attended Mass in the Church of the Holy Spirit and were buried there.

Visitors can easily reach the monastery from Horní náměstí square, where tourist information is available. It is wise to check access times in advance, as entry may be limited since it remains an active religious site.

The monastery church served as a burial place for Opava's dukes: Duke Nicholas II, his wife Jutta of Falkenberg, Wenceslaus I, Přemysl I, Arnošt of Opava and Münsterberg, and Victorín, son of George of Poděbrady, lie here. The Silesian land court also met in the monastery from the late 14th century until 1854.