Þykkvabæjarklaustur

Þykkvabæjarklaustur is a church in southern Iceland .

The place is west of the Kúðafljóts and east of the Mýrdalssandurs . A monastery was founded here in 1168 and was subordinate to the Skálholt diocese. The first abbot of the monastery was Þorlákur Þórhallsson , he was followed by another 19 abbots until the Reformation in the 16th century.

Þykkvabæjarklaustur should not be confused with Þykkvibær , which is around 120 km to the west.

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• from Sunnudagsblaðið, May 15, 1966 ( isl. )

Coordinates: 63 ° 30 ′ 10.4 "  N , 18 ° 21 ′ 51.5"  W.