Žiče Charterhouse The birth of the Žiče Carthusian Monastery coincides with the time when Styria became a duchy. The founder of the monastery is Otokar III. Traungau, the Styrian border count and his son, the first Duke of Styria, Otokar IV or. I, who owned territories in Slovenian Styria from 1147, when they inherited the land from Bernard Spanheim. Two legends emerged when the Carthusian Monastery was created. The first is that Otokar III. went hunting with the German Prince Konrad III. After a while Otokar departed from the group. The Count decided to rest under a nearby tree, where John the Baptist revealed himself, and told him to build a monastery at the place where he was resting. Otokar was awakened by a hunter who exclaimed Seitz on! Seitz, which served as the inspiration for naming Seitz. According to another legend, Otokar was supposed to have build the monastery in a different place, but again John the Baptist appeared to him. Count asked Pope Alexander III. for monks from the Great Carthusian Monastery.