Bois-Grolland Monastery
| Bois-Grolland Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
| location |
 Franceregion Pays de la Loire Vendée department |
| Coordinates: | 46 ° 31 '29 " N , 1 ° 32' 50" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
534 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1201 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1791 |
| Mother monastery | Moreilles monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Monastery of Bois-Grolland (Notre-Dame du Bois-Grolland; Brolium Groland) is a former Cistercian monk abbey in the commune of Le Poiroux in the Vendée department , Pays de la Loire region , France . It is located around 21 km southwest of La Roche-sur-Yon and 20 km east of Les Sables-d'Olonne .
history
The monastery was founded in 1109 by the Lord of Poiroux, Aimeric de Bouille, as a Benedictine monastery for Benedictines from the Moreilles monastery and joined the Cistercian order around 1201. It belonged to the filiation of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . The Cistercians expanded the monastery and made it prosperous. In 1275 it participated in the draining of the Moricq moor. Later the monastery fell into the coming . In the Wars of Religion, the monastery was looted in 1574. It then joined the La Trappe Observance and was rebuilt. During the French Revolution , the monastery, which was still inhabited by four monks, was closed. From 1807 to 1815 it housed an Ursuline branch . After that it became a farm.
Buildings and plant
The monastery church is a "ruin hidden by ivy" (Peugniez). The convent buildings from the 17th century have been converted into a residential building.
literature
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , p. 360.
- Joseph Nicolas Guyot: Le grand vocabulaire françois. Volume 4: Beo - Cap. Panckoucke et al., Paris 1768, p. 137 (short note).