Acey Monastery
| Acey Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
 Acey Abbey |
|
| location |
 Franceregion Franche-Comte Jura department |
| Lies in the diocese | Saint-Claude |
| Coordinates: | 47 ° 15 '42 " N , 5 ° 39' 25" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
96 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1136 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1790 |
| Year of repopulation | 1873 (Trappist) |
| Mother monastery | Cherlieu Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
| Congregation | (Trappists) |
|
Daughter monasteries |
Pilis Monastery (1184) |
The Acey Abbey (lat. Abbatia Aceyum / BM de Aceio . French Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Acey ) is a Trappist - abbey (= Cistercians of the Strict Observance) in the municipality Vitreux in the Jura region of Franche-Comté in France . It is located about 26 kilometers north-northeast of Dole and about seven kilometers north of Gendrey on the banks of the River Ognon .
history
The monastery was built at the instigation of the Archbishop of Besançon, Anseric de Montréal, and Count Rainald III. founded by Burgundy in 1136 about five kilometers from a hermit settlement as a Cistercian abbey . The founding convention came from the Cherlieu Abbey . Thus Acey belonged to the Filiation of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . In a short time, the monastery built six grangia . In 1184 it was settled by the subsidiary Pilis Monastery in Hungary , which existed until 1526. At the end of the Middle Ages, the abbey fell into the future . Due to its location on the border of the Free County to the Duchy of Burgundy, it was affected by armed events in 1435 and 1477, as well as in the armed conflicts with the Protestants in 1569 and under Henry IV in 1595. The 17th century brought new destruction. In 1650 the nave collapsed over six bays to a length of 30 m and in 1683 the abbey burned down. Extensive restorations took place between 1745 and 1771. The French Revolution led to the dissolution of the monastery in 1790.
After various, mostly religious uses after the restoration, Cistercians ( Trappists ) moved in again from Aiguebelle Monastery in 1873 . The church was repaired from 1900 to 1910. In 1938 the monastery was raised again to the rank of abbey. It is the only still inhabited Cistercian monastery in Franche-Comté.
Buildings and plant
The restored abbey church from the 12th century, which has been classified as a Monument Historique since 1971 , has an eight-bay nave with two side aisles, a transept with two side chapels in the east and a flat closed choir. The exam is to the left (north) of the church.
literature
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Edition française, nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , pp. 148-149.
- Hans Zimmer: The influence of the medieval order reforms on the monastery architecture of the Trappists: The spiritual-religious, ethical and cultural sources and the investigation of their structural consequences using the example of the Notre-Dame d'Acey monastery. Phil. Diss., Aachen, Technical University, 1977; printed for the author, without ISBN.
