A former Cistercian nuns' convent from the 13th century in Cedynia, burned in 1945 and rebuilt in 1997-2005; the west wing houses a hotel and restaurant.
The Cistercian Nuns' Convent in Cedynia stands on a hill at Marii Konopnickiej 10. It was founded before 1248, and the heritage register gives the date 1278. After the fire of 1945 it was rebuilt in 1997-2005, and today a hotel and the “Klasztor Cedynia” restaurant operate in the surviving west wing.
The convent was rebuilt many times. After the Reformation, in 1555, it was dissolved, and the last nuns lived here until 1611, because a school for girls of noble origin operated in the building. Later the office of the Elector of Brandenburg was set up here. In 1699 the building was destroyed by fire, but it was soon rebuilt. It then became a landed estate, in 1811-1870 a postal inn operated in it, and after that until 1940 it was again the seat of the owner of the estate.
In 1945 the convent was burned by Soviet soldiers during military operations. It was rebuilt in 1997-2005 by a private owner, under the supervision of the Voivodeship Heritage Conservator. The building is entered in the heritage register, and the register gives its material as stone.
There is no museum in the convent. The Regional Museum in Cedynia is housed in a townhouse on Wolności Square, about 100 m further on. Right next door stands the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and at a distance of about 4 km Czcibor Hill.
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