Gerka Monastery
| Gerka Monastery | |
|---|---|
 Former brewery, today Evangelical Church |
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| location |
 Netherlands
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| Coordinates: | 53 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ N , 6 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ E |
| founding year | 1240 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1580 |
| Mother monastery | Klaarkamp Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
Gerka Monastery (Gerkesklooster, West Frisian Gerkeskleaster ; also Jerusalem Monastery ) is a former Cistercian monastery in the Netherlands .
location
The former monastery was in Gerkesklooster in the municipality of Achtkarspelen in the province of Friesland .
history
The monastery was founded and settled by the landowner Gercke Harkema from Klaarkamp monastery around 1240. It was subordinate to the mother monastery Klaarkamp. The monastery took part in the diking of the Lauwers . From granges villages Visvliet, Pieterzijl and Munnekezijl emerged. It was involved in the Peace of Groningen between the Schieringers and the Vetkopers in 1422 . The dike in the Kruislande was carried out in cooperation with the Aduard Monastery . The monastery went under when Friesland adopted the Reformed Confession in 1580. The monastery was then demolished except for the brewery, which was used as a church in 1629. This was enlarged in 1786 and rebuilt again around 1974.
Web links
- Website of the municipality (Dutch)