Riseberga monastery
The monastery Riseberga is a former nuns monastery of the Cistercian Order in the parish Edsberg, near Fjugesta in Western Närke ( Sweden ). Today it serves as an amphitheater and is the largest open-air theater in the country. It has space for 1216 spectators.
history
The monastery was founded as a daughter of Vreta at the end of the 12th century . Limestone was used to build the buildings . The land was donated as a property in 1202 by Jarl Birger Brosa . In 1341 Ulf Gudmarsson och Birgitta Birgerdotter (Saint Birgitta) brought his daughter Ingeborg to Riseberga as a novice. Daughter Katarina also came there at a later date.
In the course of time the monastery was able to gain more and more land and owned 224 farms, mills, mines and churches in Närke, Södermanland , Värmland , Västergötland , Östergötland and on Öland as well as land in Örebro . The entire parish of Edsberg was assigned to the monastery and Riseberga was responsible for providing the parish with a priest.
In the 15th century the ownership of the monastery fell to the state of Gustav Wasas . In 1546 the monastery was destroyed by fire and the buildings burned down. In 1650 the church in Edsberg was built with stones from the monastery ruins, the church portal also comes from the monastery. In the 1820s, a lime kiln was built in the ruins of the monastery. In the 19th century, beer barrels were found with beer that was still drinkable.
Coordinates: 59 ° 9 ′ 25 ″ N , 14 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ E