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Žďár nad Sázavou is situated at an altitude of 580 m on the river Sázava. The history of the place goes back to a hermitage that was founded in 1240 by monks from the monastery at Osek (Osseg). In 1251, the hermitage became a Cistercian monastery. During the Hussite Wars, the village and the monastery were destroyed in 1422. After the wars it was rebuilt and became a town in 1607. The monastery was renovated in the Baroque period, but was eventually was closed in 1784. Since then, the former monastery was used as a residential castle. Today, the castle belongs to the National Museum at Prague.

The two pictures on the glass show the two parts of Žďár,  Město Žďár (Saar-Stadt) [bottom] and  Zámek Žďár (Saar-Schloss) [top].

The pilgrimage chapel [top picture: background] on the hill Zelená Hora (Grüner Berg) was built in 1719–1722 by the architect Giovanni Santini. The chapel is dedicated to the most popular saint of Bohemia, St. John of Nepomuk.