Pleterje Charterhouse

Pleterje Charterhouse (Slovene: Kartuzijanski samostan Pleterje; German: Kartause Plettriach, also Pleterjach,[1] Pletriach, or Pleteriach) is a Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse, in the village of Drča near Šentjernej in Slovenia, the only extant monastery of that order in the country.

[2] The monastery, situated in a valley at the foot of the Gorjanci Mountains, was founded in 1403 by Count Hermann II of Celje, and its construction completed by 1407.

After a long period of decline Archduke Ferdinand II of Inner Austria gave the monastery in 1595 to the Jesuits of Ljubljana.

During World War II, the charterhouse suffered severe damage when it was set on fire by Communist Partisans on February 21, 1943.

The buildings date from the second foundation in the late 19th century, except for the Gothic church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, which survives from the earlier monastery.