Monastery

The monastic beginnings of Krzeszów are connected with the Benedictine Monks. In 1242 they received land at Cressebor as a donation from Princess Anna, the wife of Henry II the Pious. However, the Brothers very quickly sold the donated land, which, thanks to Prince Bolko I, fell to the Cistercian Monks in 1289. The Brothers erected the Abbey on its present location and were its legal proprietors up until 1810 when Frederick William III carried out his secularization of the convent. In 1919 the lands of Krzeszów again became the property of the Benedictine Monks. At first they belonged to the male order coming from Emaus in the Czech lands, and in the Post-War period they became the property of the Benedictine Nuns resettled from Lvov.
The notable architectural features localized in the Krzeszów Abbey relate to the presence of the Cistercian Monks in the region.