In Ostritz, at the Neise Valley Kunigunde, wife of King Wenzel II of Bohemia founded the Cistercian Abbey St. Mariental in 1234. It has existed ever since.

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The convent complex encompasses
the convent building
the convent church
the diocese
the cross chapel and
the Kalvierenberg.

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Part of the facility are also
the bakery
the sawmill
a former mill and
a brewery
as well as the convent market.