GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 684, sig. 110-4/535

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52a Map 6: 1139 is the Benedictine monastery of Selau (1). The founder is the abbot Reginard of Saffau-Sazawa. Selau is located 44 km from Saffauer. At the same time as the later Premonstratensian monastery in Selau (1148), the Jungfrauenstift Launiowitz near Wlaschim (2) – 1143 the first monastery at Sedles (3) is built, by Jizterzienzer. It has propstei in Kaurin (4), Chotusis (5) and Elbeteinis (6). Kaurim is 22 km from Sedles. Sedges belonged to Munichgrätz (7), where an independent monastery was soon built again. The sides of the Prague-Sedles-Munichgrätsch triangle are 66 km long. Already in 1130 the Nepomuk monastery was founded with religious brothers from the Franconian Ederach (8). 1146 the foundation stone is laid for the monastery Plaš (9). It is occupied with monks from the Austrian monastery Langheim, has a propsty in Böhmisch-Leipa (10) and closes new religious colonies after Munichgrätz and Goldenkron (11). Queen Judith builds the Benedictine monastery in Teplic (12) in 1146. The line Teplik-Prague continues the line Launiowitz-Prag. The monastery of Osegg was built in 1194 (13). It was located across Majchau (18). In 1193, the monastery of Tepl (14). The Swiss of the monastery in Tepl founded the Premonstratensian monastery in Chotusis (15), 44 km from Tepl. In 1184 Count Georg von Mühlhausen donated the monastery Mühlhausen (16). The brother Gerlach from Selau became Abbot there, the first monks came from Selau. Theusing (17) is called the Propstei von Mühlhausen. In Waldsassen (19) a Jizterzienserabtei is created in 1132. Ehhard, a relative of Emperor Henry II of the fourth, was only the protector of the German invaders in the enemy country. The founding of the 4th Bohemian monastery in 1032 proves the systematic approach of the Prague Central Spells in the choice of the place. In 1032, after apparently taking the vow in Breunow, the hermit Prokop moved into the forested wasteland on the Saffau-Sazawa and lives there, just like the herb from St. Johann under the rock, in a cave, until, according to legend, also through a deer cow, the Duke Bretislav discovers him and a magnificent monastery, Saffauer-Sazawa, is built there. But the place is forty-four kilometers from Prague and is on the line to Raigern, where we now have two monasteries and two propsty 152