Kutná Hora
The town began in 1142 with the settlement of Sedlec Abbey, the first Cistercian monastery in Bohemia, Sedlec Monastery, brought from the Imperial immediate Cistercian Waldsassen Abbey. By 1260, German miners began to mine for silver in the mountain region, which they named Kuttenberg, and which was part of the monastery property. The name of the mountain is said to have derived from the monks' cowls (the Kutten) or from the word mining (kutání in old Czech). Under Abbot Heidenreich, the territory greatly advanced due to the silver mines which gained importance during the economic boom of the 13th century.
One day, a monk named Antonin, looking for a new place for a sowing plot, sat down by the cliff to rest. The lulls by the cliff and the warm sun ravaged the monk, and he fell asleep. And he dreamed that he, clearing the plot, stumbled upon a nugget of silver,
digs further, and there more and more. The monk woke up in sweat, raised his eyes to the sky, and, oh my God, a piece of silver sticks out of the rock. In order not to lose this place, he threw his cassock onto a cliff ledge and ran to the brothers. And this happened, according to some reports, in 1237. The first miners were monks, then prospectors began to come here. Mass production of silver began. And the place began to be called Kutna Hora, which in a free translation means "cassock covering the mountain."
Silver mines
Legend of foundation
