Ås monastery
| Cistercian Abbey Ås | |
|---|---|
| location |
Sweden Hallands Lan |
| Coordinates: | 57 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ N , 12 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
508 |
| founding year | 1192 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1535 |
| Mother monastery | Sorø Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
The Ås Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in what is now Sweden .
location
The monastery was located near the mouth of the Viskan River in the Kattegat , about 14 kilometers north of Varberg in Halland , then in Denmark , and immediately north of the village of Åskloster . There are two more ruins on the site.
history
After a donation from the royal court by the later King Waldemar II. To the order, the monastery was founded in 1192 by Sorø Monastery in Zealand from the affiliation of Clairvaux Primary Abbey and Esrom Monastery and built from 1194. Several children of King Magnus Eriksson and Queen Blanche of Namur were buried in the monastery . The monastery was destroyed in the course of the count's feud in 1535 . The south-eastern part of the facility was excavated in 2011.