Klosterøy

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Klosterøy, view from Utstein Abbey over Klostervågen to the southeastern part of the island
Utstein Monastery on the bank of Klostervågen, 1898
View of the Kneberfjellet, 2017

Klosterøy is an island in the North Sea on the Norwegian coast. It belongs to the municipality of Stavanger in the province of Rogaland .

location

The island covers 1.7 km² and is located on the south side of the Boknafjord northwest of the larger island Mosterøy , south of the island Rennesøy, north of Stavanger . Just south of Klosterøy, separated by the Klostervågen the island Fjøløy . There is a road connection to Mosteroy, via which there is a road connection to the mainland via other islands. Another bridge leads to Fjøløy. There are several smaller islands in the vicinity of the island, northwest of Nordre Lamholmen , south of Kuholmen and Fjøløya. Klosterøy stretches from west to east for about 2.5 kilometers with a width of up to about 800 meters. The highest point on the island at 80.5 meters is Kneberfjellet in the eastern part . Other larger elevations are the Rabnafjellet , Byrefjellet and Bakkafjellet .

The south coast of the island forms a bay around Klostervågen. At the north end of the bay is also known Utstein Monastery , which today together with the surrounding cultural landscape under monument stands.

history

The island was settled around 1800 before the beginning of the era. Settlements from the time of the Great Migration and the Vikings were found. The island is the site of several barrows, 120 of the burial complexes are located in a four hectare area in the southeast of Klosterøy alone. It is believed that the graves date back to a major battle. Other assumptions are based on a chief's seat in the vicinity of which warriors were buried. At least after the Battle of Hafrsfjord around 852, the Norwegian King Harald Fairhair had a temporary royal seat on the island. Previously, his adversary Haklang had his seat here as well . It is believed that later kings also resided here temporarily. Later, possibly around 1160, the Augustinian monastery of Utstein took the place of the royal seat. The monastery is named for the island, whose name means monastery island in German . With the introduction of the Reformation in 1537, the monastery was given up and continued as a fiefdom of the Danish king. An agricultural operation was created.

In 1623 Barbro Bjelland, accused of witchcraft and heresy , was burned alive on the island's beach . She had tried to help the wife of the manager of Utstein, who, however , saw ghosts in her delirium .

Since 1992 there has been a road connection between Klosterøys and the mainland. The monastery complex is now used as a museum, and services are also held in the monastery church.

literature

  • Véronique Mignot-Bari, Stavanger and its surroundings , Trolls of Norway 2008, ISBN 978-82-92868-08-9 , page 95.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Article Rennesøy in the store norske leksikon on snl.no (Norwegian)
  2. ↑ Utstein Kloster, Das Kloster auf Utstein , brochure, no year, 2017 or earlier, page 2
  3. ↑ Utstein Kloster, Das Kloster auf Utstein , brochure, no year, 2017 or earlier, page 4
  4. ↑ Utstein Kloster, Das Kloster auf Utstein , brochure, no year, 2017 or earlier, page 5
  5. ^ Véronique Mignot-Bari, Stavanger and its surroundings , Trolls of Norway 2008, ISBN 978-82-92868-08-9 , page 108
  6. ↑ Véronique Mignot-Bari, Stavanger and its surroundings , Trolls of Norway 2008, ISBN 978-82-92868-08-9 , page 110

Coordinates: 59 ° 6 '  N , 5 ° 35'  E