Åhus Monastery
The monastery Åhus was a Dominican monastery in today Sweden belonging Åhus .
From the monastery just a wall in the southern part of Åhuser old town is preserved.
The monastery was built in 1243 by the Archbishop Uffe Thrugotsen . It became an important educational institution for the region. It is assumed that the buildings of the monastery were grouped around a courtyard and that the complex extended to the Helge å , which flows south . At least the monastery church of Sankt Nicolai belonged to the monastery. In the course of the Reformation , the use as a monastery ended in the 16th century. The facility came into the possession of the state and was called Åhus gård . During the 17th century the monastery began to decline.
In the northwestern ruins of the Sankt-Anna-Kapelle there is an altar plate, which was found during road works in the area of the monastery complex and was probably located in the monastery church of Sankt Nicolai.
literature
- Gunnel Ahlbeck, Åhus on your own , no year, page 5
Coordinates: 55 ° 55 ′ 21.9 ″ N , 14 ° 17 ′ 46.8 ″ E