Křtiny
Title
Křtiny
Also Known As
Kiritein, Kyritein
Dates
Founded by 1230s?; dissolved by 1520s?
Dedication
Mary
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
The history of the Premonstratensian community at Křtiny is unclear.
Křtiny may have been home to a community of Premonstratensian sisters founded in the first half of the 13th century, according to tradition by Leo of Klobouky. If this house existed, it was badly damaged in the Hussite Wars and was likely dissolved ca. 1520. Its history is poorly documented, and some scholars have doubted its existence. Křtiny may simply have been a parish church dependent on the Premonstratensian abbey of Zábrdovice.
Křtiny was a regional pilgrimage focus from the 17th century. The current church on the site dates to the first half of the 18th century.
Křtiny may have been home to a community of Premonstratensian sisters founded in the first half of the 13th century, according to tradition by Leo of Klobouky. If this house existed, it was badly damaged in the Hussite Wars and was likely dissolved ca. 1520. Its history is poorly documented, and some scholars have doubted its existence. Křtiny may simply have been a parish church dependent on the Premonstratensian abbey of Zábrdovice.
Křtiny was a regional pilgrimage focus from the 17th century. The current church on the site dates to the first half of the 18th century.
Status
Women's community? Parish church?
Reference
Bibliography
Charouz, Jindřich Zdeněk. “Křtinská záhada - klášter premonstrátek.” Dějiny a dějepis 30, no. 2 (2016): 198–202. https://journals.muni.cz/dejinyadejepis/article/view/36270.
Horyna, Mojmír, and Tomáš Prnka. Křtiny : Poutní kostel Jména Panny Marie. Církevní památky 13. Velehrad: Historická společnost Starý Velehrad, 1993.
Kavička, Karel. Poutní a farní chrám Páně Jména Panny Marie ve Křtinách. Brno: Kartuziánské nakladatelství, 2014.
Rudolf Kosík, Marian. Osm století : Zábrdovice, Křtiny, Nová Říše. Brno: Kartuziánské nakladatelstv, 2009.
Image Credit
Aerial view of the 18th-century Church of the Name of the Virgin Mary, Křtiny, 2014. Wikimedia.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Křtiny ,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/782.