Askeby Monastery
The monastery Askeby is a ruined abbey in Swedish Askeby east of Linköping in Östergötland .
Monastery ruin
On the grassy area on the southern side in front of the Askeby church, only remnants of the foundation walls can be found in the ground. This is all that remains of the former Askeby Monastery, which was once one of the oldest monasteries in Sweden. The nearby church was used by both the monastery and the local community during the monastery existence until around 1530. The church has been at least partially preserved to this day and is used as a sock church. In addition to the foundation walls marked on the ground, there is also a memorial stone for the monastery on the site.
history
The monastery is said to have been founded in the second half of the 12th century as a subsidiary of the Vreta Monastery , which was founded about 100 years earlier. At the beginning, twelve Cistercian women lived in the monastery. At that time this was also the minimum to be able to found a monastery. The number of nuns grew slowly and in a letter of indulgence from 1482 the abbot Anna Jakobsdotter and 19 other nuns are named.
Askeby Monastery was located on the important road to Söderköping and was probably also a kind of hostel for travelers. The monastery never had the same importance as the largest monasteries in the country, but it was supported by many high-ranking people, dukes and kings. These are u. a. the Drost Nils Turesson, the mother of Saint Brigitta , the dukes Erik and Waldemar Magnusson . King Magnus Eriksson and his wife Blanche of Namur also considered the monastery in their will. During the time of the Kalmar Union , the protection of the monastery by the crown was repeatedly confirmed.
literature
- Andreas Lindblom : Kyrkor i Östergötland . 1921
- Sven Hellström: Kulturhistoria i Östergötland . 2003
- Askeby Monastery . In: Bernhard Meijer (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : Armatoler – Bergsund . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1904, Sp. 192 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Askeby monastery (Swedish)
- Building register of the Riksantikvarieämbete (Swedish)
- Eriksgatan in Östergötland (Swedish)
- Investigation report. (PDF) Riksantikvarieämbete, 2003 (Swedish)
Coordinates: 58 ° 24 ′ 32 ″ N , 15 ° 51 ′ 25 ″ E