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Usedom Abbey ( German: Kloster Usedom) was a medieval Premonstratensian monastery on the isle of Usedom ( Western Pomerania, Germany) near the town of Usedom. It was founded in Grobe and later moved to nearby Pudagla, and is thus also known as Grobe Abbey ( German: Kloster Grobe) or Pudagla Abbey ( German: Kloster Pudagla) respectively.
The abbey was founded by the Pomeranian duke Ratibor I and his wife, Pribislawa, in the course of the conversion of Pomerania to Christianity. [1] [2] The exact foundation date is uncertain, but it is assumed that it was about 1155, after the foundation of Stolpe Abbey in 1153 and before Ratibor's death. [3] The first written record is the confirmation of the abbey by the Pomeranian bishop Adalbert of 8 June 1159, which at the same time is the oldest known Pomeranian document. [4]
The site of Grobe Abbey has been archaeologically determined to be Priesterkamp hill in the town of Usedom. [5] The monks first came from Magdeburg, later from Havelberg. [6] Shortly after its foundation, Grobe Abbey functioned as the temporary seat of the Pomeranian diocese, before its move to Cammin (Kammin, Kamien) in 1175. [7]
In 1307/09, the abbey was relocated to nearby Pudagla. [8] After the Protestant Reformation, the abbey was secularized into a ducal domain, and from the late 16th century was a refuge for ducal widows. [9]
See also
- Conversion of Pomerania
- History of Pomerania
- Pomerania during the High Middle Ages
- Duchy of Pomerania
- Bishopric of Cammin
- List of Christian religious houses in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
References
- ^ Harder, Hans (1981). Studia Slavica : Beiträge zum VIII. Internationalen Slawistenkongress in Zagreb 1978 (in German). Giessen: Schmitz. ISBN 3-87711-035-5. OCLC 8089888.
- ^ Historische Kommission zu Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Jahrbuch für die Geschichte Mittel- und Ostdeutschlands, Ausgabe 47, Niemeyer, 2002, p.425
- ^ Völker, Eberhard (2000). Pommern und Ostbrandenburger (in German). München: Langen Müller. ISBN 3-7844-2756-1. OCLC 47023737.
- ^ Harder 1981, p. 32.
- ^ Historische Kommission zu Berlin 2002, p.424
- ^ Rein, Günter (2005). Klosteranlagen in Mecklenburg und Vorpommern : Schicksale und Chancen (in German). Weimar: Edition M. ISBN 978-3-933713-20-9. OCLC 60042890.
- ^ Norbert Buske, Pommern, Helms Schwerin 1997, p.14-15, ISBN 3-931185-07-9
- ^ Gesellschaft für Pommersche Geschichte, Altertumskunde und Kunst, Stettin, Historische Kommission für Pommern, Baltische Studien 83-85, C. von der Ropp, 1997, p.10
- ^ Rein 2005, p. 31.
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