The Episcopal Minor Seminary in Budweis 1853–1868

This study deals with the history of the minor seminary in Budweis (České Budějovice) between 1853 and 1868. The minor seminary in Budweis was one of the important formation and education centres founded by Bishop Jan Valerián Jirsík in 1853 with the financial support of the believers from the whole Diocese of Budweis. This text focuses on the life of the seminarians, their life and duties in the seminary, and the statutory as well as financial background of the seminary institution, all in the context of the life of the town of Budweis, the Diocese of Budweis, and the coexistence of the two language groups living in the diocese, i.e., Czechs and Germans.