Ábrahám Monastery
| Ábrahám Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
| location |
 HungaryTolna county |
| Coordinates: | 46 ° 23 '56.7 " N , 18 ° 8' 43.4" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
669 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1263 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1537 |
| Mother monastery | Pilis Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Ábrahám Monastery (Beatae Mariae Virginis de Abraham; Bacs Monosztor; Bac) is a former Cistercian abbey in Hungary . It was in what is now the city of Dombóvár .
history
Prince Béla's treasurer, Mojs, received permission from King Béla IV in 1260 to found a monastery on his own land. This was settled in 1270 by monks from Pilis Monastery and named after the patriarch Abraham. It belonged to the filiation of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey and was the eighteenth and last medieval establishment of a Cistercian monks' abbey in what was then Hungary. The monastery is said to have closed in 1537.
literature
- FL Hervay: The history of the Cistercians in Hungary , in: 800 years of the Cistercians in the Pannonian region , pp. 27–42, in particular p. 31, Klostermarienberg 1996