Klaarkamp Monastery
| Klaarkamp Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
| location |
 Netherlands province of Friesland |
| Coordinates: | 53 ° 18 '43 " N , 5 ° 56' 22" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
392 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1163 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1580 |
| Mother monastery | Clairvaux Monastery ? |
|
Daughter monasteries |
Bloomkamp Monastery (around 1190) |
The Klaarkamp Monastery , in Latin Monasterium beatae Mariae de Claro Campo ( Monastery of Saint Mary of Klaarkamp ) was a Cistercian abbey about four kilometers southwest of Dokkum (municipality of Dongeradeel ) and two kilometers north of Rinsumageest in the Dutch province of Friesland .
history
The monastery was founded in 1163 or 1165 as a subsidiary of the Clairvaux primary abbey in France (the predominant version, according to other information, as a subsidiary of the Riddagshausen monastery near Braunschweig , which the monastery assigned to the filiation of the Morimond primary abbey ). The abbey was subordinate to Bloomkamp Monastery (founded 1190 near Bolsward ), Aduard Monastery (founded 1192) and Gerka Monastery or Gerkeskloster (founded in 1240 near Buitenpost ). The monastery, which produced bricks from local clay, is said to have counted hundreds of conversations. It was wealthy in Janum, Sijbrandahuis, Veenwouden and on the island of Schiermonnikoog , named after the clothing of the monks . It was owned by the Grangie Betterwird, which is said to have been in Westdongeradeel. In the course of the Reformation struggles of the Eighty Years War , Friesland went over to Protestantism . On May 31, 1580 the abbey was abolished and the possessions fell to the state of Friesland. The buildings were sold and demolished. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the four-meter-high hill on which the monastery had stood was excavated; on this occasion excavations took place.
Plant and buildings
Nothing has survived from the monastery buildings. A large boulder marks the location of the monastery.
literature
- Praamstra / Boersma: The archaeological investigations of the Cistercian abbeys Clarus Campus (Klaarkamp) near Rinsumageest (Fr.) and St. Bernardus in Aduard (Gr.) , Palaeohistoria 19, 1977, pp. 173-259.
- Boersma: De voormalige abdij Klaarkamp bij Rinsumageest archeologische Verkend , publication volume Stichting Alde Fryske Tsjerken 2, 1978, pp. 77-88.
- JA Mol: Acquisitions of ownership of the Frisian Cistercian monasteries Klaarkamp, Bloemkamp and Gerkesklooster , in: K. Elm (Hrsg.) , Acquisition Policy and Economics of Medieval Orders and Monasteries, Berliner Historische Studien 17, Ordensstudien 7 (Berlin 1992), pp. 67-96.