Dominican monastery (Krizova street Nos. 4/112, Grosse Kreutzer Gasse No. 39)

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Czech: Kostel Povyseni sv. Krize, Byvaly dominikansky klaster. The buildings of the former Dominican monastery, now Gustav Mahler Hotel, were founded during the early history of Jihlava.

Dominican monastery (Krizova street Nos. 4/112, Grosse Kreutzer Gasse No. 39).

First written notes about the cloister are dated in the mid 13th century. The original middle age cloister was rebuilt in a baroque-style during the 17th and 18th centuries. Gothic elements can be found in the southern part of the Cloister´s ambit. The western part of the cloister had been designed in the baroque style, today part of the hotel facing to the street.

Simultaneously in this time were the monastery refectories decorated with oval medallions – the frescoes patrons and founders of the Dominican order. Many historical events had occured in the cloister. Among them most notably, had been the meetings held by the aristocracy that had influenced the historical movements in the Czech kingdom.

Jihlava. Dominican monastery (Krizova street Nos. 4/112, Grosse Kreutzer Gasse No. 39).

In 1781, the activities of the Dominican order in Jihlava terminated and the premises of today’s hotel took military http://mahlerfoundation.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/‎MF-Projects-2.pngistration. The monastery was converted into a barracks, the army finally left the area in 1991. In the following years the totally destroyed monastery was reconstructed and reopened as an hotel in 1993.

Jihlava. Dominican monastery (Krizova street Nos. 4/112, Grosse Kreutzer Gasse No. 39).

Jihlava. Dominican monastery (Krizova street Nos. 4/112, Grosse Kreutzer Gasse No. 39).

Jihlava. Dominican monastery (Krizova street Nos. 4/112, Grosse Kreutzer Gasse No. 39).

Jihlava. Dominican monastery (Krizova street Nos. 4/112, Grosse Kreutzer Gasse No. 39).

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