In the vicinity of the town of Osiek is Holy abode – Sexci monastery, which has more than 800 years. It was founded in 1206 by monks of the Cistercian order, to carry the word of God to the common people and tell them about the benefits ascetic lifestyle, being examples to follow.

Although brothers Cistercians lived almost in poverty, to call them the order of the poor was not. Sexcom belonged to the monastery of the most fertile land near the monastery, and also all those villages and towns that they were. The monastery grew rich, was rebuilt several times, increasing the number of monks.

Soon Sexca abode acquires great political clout and receives the patronage of high-ranking people: the Czech king and the Roman Pope.

But not everything was in the history Sakskogo monastery. He presided over and difficult trials. During the Hussite wars it caught fire several times, in 1640 suffered from the actions of the Swedish troops, who showed particular cruelty, looting all the local villages and destroying the adult population. The twentieth century also brought no peace to Sexkey abode. It almost wiped off the face of the earth Nazis. She is a long time, it was deserted. But the believers did not lose hope that one day the monastery will once again open its doors to pilgrims, as has frequently happened before. The Holy place was not forgotten, came to venerate the monastery stones.

The monks of the Cistercian back under the canopy of his monastery in 1992. And with them was revived and the former glory of the monastery. Now Sexci monastery is one of the most interesting places of Bohemia, which you must visit during your visit.