Solberga Monastery
| Cistercian convent Solberga | |
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 Excavations of the monastery |
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| location | Sweden Gotland County |
| Coordinates: | 57 ° 38 '0.7 " N , 18 ° 17' 55.5" E |
| founding year | 1246 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
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The monastery Solberga (Mons Solis) was a Cistercian nunnery in Visby on the island of Gotland in Sweden . It was built around 350 m south of the Söderport town gate in Visby . Possibly the foundation of Vreta monastery took place . The monastery was under the supervision of the Abbot of Roma Monastery .
history
The monastery was founded in 1246. Solberga was the only Swedish monastery of the Cistercian order that was located near a town. After the Battle of Visby in 1362, many of the fallen were buried on the monastery grounds. The monastery complex was probably destroyed in the armed conflicts between 1398 and 1403. The convent was first relocated to the Sankt-Jakobs-Kapelle within the city walls of Visby and in 1469 to the Sankt-Gertruden-Kapelle. The monastery was probably closed by 1531 at the latest when the Roma monastery was seized by the Danish crown, under whose rule Gotland had been since 1408.
investment
In the 20th century, remains of the monastery church in the form of a Greek cross were excavated. Remains of the Sankt Gertruden chapel have been preserved.
literature
- Sven-Erik Pernler: S: ta Maria Kloster i Roma. Roma Församling, 1988, ISBN 978-91-7970-358-5 , p. 8.