Teplá Abbey was founded in 1193 by the
blessed Hroznata of Ovenec, a Bohemian nobleman (d. 1217, feast July 14 on the
Premonstratensian calendar). The first monks came from the
Strahov Monastery in
Prague. The present monastery building was erected by Abbot Raimund Wilfert II (1688-1724); the library was built by Abbot Gilbert Helmer (since 1900). The Romanesque church, with additions in the style of the transition to the Gothic, is one of the oldest churches of Bohemia. Plenteous monastery activity is shown in the literature that is defined by its rich collection of prints of different nature in the monastic library ==References==