Spišský Štiavnik Monastery
| Cistercian Abbey Spišský Štiavnik | |
|---|---|
| location | Slovakia Prešovský kraj |
| Coordinates: | 48 ° 59 '42 " N , 20 ° 21' 36" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
585 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1223 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1532 |
| Mother monastery | Wąchock Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Morimond Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Spišský Štiavnik Monastery (Sancta Maria de Scepusio; Spiš, Szepes, Schawnik, Schebnik, in Hungarian Savnik) consecrated to Our Lady is the only medieval Cistercian abbey in today's Slovakia . The site is located in the municipality Spišský Štiavnik in Poprad District which to Prešovský kraj heard in the region Spiš ( Zips ), about 10 km south-east of Poprad , on the upper reaches of the river Hornád .
history
The monastery was founded in 1223 by Koloman, the son of King Andrew II and brother of King Béla IV of Hungary , as the daughter of Wąchock Monastery from the filiation of the Morimond Primary Abbey . The monastery may have suffered in the Hussite Wars of the 15th century and is said to have been closed in 1530 or 1542. A renaissance castle from the 16th / 17th centuries stands on the site of the monastery. Century.
literature
- Bibiana Pomfyová, K niektorým otázkam hodotenia stredovekej architektúry na Slovensku (príklad Spiša) , Ars 1-3 2000 p. 33ff m. German summary p. 59f (also on the Internet at http://www.dejum.sav.sk/RES/spis.htm )
- Ferenc Leontius Hervay: Repertorium Historicum Ordinis Cisterciensis in Hungaria (Bibliotheca Cisterciensis 7, Rome 1984), pp. 172-180.
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 1093.