Eiteren Monastery
| Eiteren Monastery | |
|---|---|
 Reconstruction of the foundation walls of the church |
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| location |
 Netherlands
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| Coordinates: | 52 ° 1 '39.8 " N , 5 ° 2' 7.5" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
707 |
| founding year | 1342 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
17th century |
| Mother monastery | Ebrach Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Morimond Monastery |
Eiteren Monastery (Eytheren) is a former Cistercian monastery in the Netherlands .
location
The former monastery was in Eiteren in the municipality of IJsselstein in the province of Utrecht .
history
The monastery was donated from the 10th century chapel dedicated to the Assumption of Mary in 1342 as a subsidiary of Ebrach Monastery in Franconia from the filiation of the Morimond primary abbey . There was also a leper house in Eiteren, and Eiteren was also a place of pilgrimage ("Ommedracht"). Since 1394 the monastery was a priory of Kamp monastery . The chapel and monastery were devastated in the iconoclasm of 1579. In the 17th century the population of Eiteren was relocated to the fortress town of IJsselstein.
Remarks
- ↑ based on a map by Becking (1991, in: Zisterzienser in Franken, 1994, p. 15)