TheKołbacz Abbey is a formerCistercian monastery located inKołbacz,Poland, listed as aHistoric Monument of Poland.[1]
Opactwo Cystersów w Kołbaczu | |
.jpg) Sacred Heart church | |
  Location within Poland | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Cistercians |
| Established | 1173 |
| Disestablished | 1555 |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Gothic |
| Site | |
| Location | Kołbacz |
| Country |  Poland |
| Coordinates | 53°18′05″N14°48′49″E / 53.30139°N 14.81361°E /53.30139; 14.81361 |
| Designated | 2014-07-03 |
| Reference no. | Dz. U. z 2014 r. poz. 955[1] |
It had several subsidiaries, with the other main centers located inOliwa,Bierzwnik, andMironice. It was itself a subsidiary ofClairvaux Abbey,Ville-sous-la-Ferté, although the funding monks originally arrived from theDanishEsrum Abbey inZealand.
The abbey was founded in 1173 with the original Latin name "Mera Vallis", but eventually the older Slavic name,Kołbacz became closely associated with the place. The monks were invited intoPomerania byWarcisław II Świętoborzyc,[2] acastellan ofSzczecin, as part of an agreement withValdemar I of Denmark, who had besieged Szczecin and made Warcisław his vassal. The foundation was affirmed by DukeBogusław I in 1173. The first abbot was Reinhold and the abbey began its activities in 1174.[3]
The wealth of the Abbey was based on banking, as much as land ownership.[4]
The abbey played an important role in the development ofGerman settlements in the area, which was very popular in Poland. as the first villages of German-speaking inhabitants were founded close to the abbey. Currently it is the site of an agricultural complex nearSzczecin, which partly houses the Zoological Experimental Institute of theKraków Technical Institute.[5]
Gallery
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Sacred Heart church
Main altar
Abbot House
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References
edit- ^abRozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 3 lipca 2014 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Kołbacz - założenie dawnego klasztoru cystersów, późniejszej letniej rezydencji książąt pomorskich i domeny państwowej", Dz. U., 2014, No. 955
- ^Janet E. Burton; Karen Stöber, eds. (July 17, 2008).Monasteries and Society in the British Isles in the Later Middle Ages - Google Books. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 256.ISBN 978-1-84383-386-4. Retrieved2014-08-19.
- ^Steinar Imsen, ed. (2010).The Norwegian Domination and the Norse World, C.1100-c.1400 - Google Books. Tapir Academic Press.ISBN 978-83-7469-479-7. Retrieved2014-08-19.
- ^Jasienica, Paweł (2007).Polska Piastów. Proszyński i s-ka. p. 295.ISBN 978-82-519-2563-1.
- ^Elżbieta Foster; Cornelia Willich; Torsten Kempke (2007).Ortsnamen und Siedlungsentwicklung: das nördliche Mecklenburg im Früh- und Hochmittelalter (in German). Steiner. p. 36.
See also
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