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Baroque Novitiate Building


Baroque Novitiate Building

The novitiate building was added to the western side of the monastery in the period from 1747 to 1749. Young novices were preparing for entrance into the Franciscan Order here until the Josephine reforms and later from 1812 with some short breaks until 1950. Nunhood did not return to the monastery after the end of the totalitarian regime.

After the building was reconstructed, Klement Slavický’s Elementary School of Arts moved to the building after its reconstruction and it has been operating there up to the present day.

 

Tours and Reservations

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14 Holy Helpers

The Fourteen Holy Helpers comprise a group of saints commonly worshipped in the Roman Catholic Church, whose intercession is highly effective mainly against various diseases.

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Saint Wenceslas Vintage Festival

Wine has belonged to Kadaň since medieval times; the vineyard right was granted to the city by Emperor Charles IV. 

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Kadaň Beer Festival

The monastery also brewed beer; a brewery was founded here in 1867. A historical rod hop-garden was established in the monastery gardens after the reconstruction in the 1990s.

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Franciscan Summer

From June to September every Sunday in the gardens of the Franciscan monastery.

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Brass Bands

The Festival of Brass and Jazz Bands of Elementary Schools is traditionally held by the local Klement Slavický’s Elementary School of Arts in the second half of June.

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