Žiče Charterhouse

Žiče Charterhouse
Religion
Governing bodyMunicipality of Slovenske Konjice
Location
LocationŽiče, Slovenia
Geographic coordinates46°18′39.96″N 15°23′33.39″E / 46.3111000°N 15.3926083°E / 46.3111000; 15.3926083
Architecture
FounderOttokar III of Styria


Žiče Charterhouse, also Seiz Charterhouse (German: Kartäuserkloster Seiz, Latin: Domus in Valle Sancti Johannis), was a Carthusian monastery or Charterhouse in the narrow valley of Žičnica Creek, also known as Saint John the Baptist Valley (Slovene: dolina svetega Janeza Krstnika) after the church dedicated to St. John the Baptist at the monastery near the village of Žiče (German: Seitzdorf) and at settlement Špitalič pri Slovenskih Konjicah in the Municipality of Slovenske Konjice in northeastern Slovenia.

The Žiče Charterhouse was the first Carthusian monastery in the German sphere of influence of the time, and also the first outside France or Italy.