Vérteskeresztúr Monastery
| Vérteskeresztúr Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
 Aerial view of the ruined monastery |
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| location |
 Hungary Komárom-Esztergom county |
| Coordinates: | 47 ° 26 '37 " N , 18 ° 16' 17" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
569 |
| founding year | 1214 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1301? |
| Mother monastery | Igriș Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Pontigny monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Vérteskeresztúr Monastery (Sancta Crux; Vértesszentkereszt; Szentkereszt; Vertheskerestur) is a former Cistercian abbey in Hungary . It was in the Shield Mountains (Vértes) between Oroszlány and Pusztavám northwest of the city of Székesfehérvár .
history
The monastery, which was probably inhabited by Benedictines as early as 1146 , was founded by the Csák family in 1214 as a subsidiary of Igriș Monastery as a Cistercian monastery and belonged to the filiation of the Pontigny primary abbey . It passed back to the Benedictine order in the 14th century or even earlier and was taken over by the Dominicans of Székesfehérvár (Stuhlweissenburg) in 1478 . It was abandoned during the Turkish occupation.
Buildings and plant
The west portal and parts of the three-nave church, especially the cloverleaf-shaped apse , have been preserved from the Romanesque building . The also partially preserved enclosure is to the left of the church. The original two-tower, three-aisled church was restored in 2008. Much of the old, artistically hewn stone material can be seen in the Kuny Domokos Megyei Múzeum in Tata and the art ruins.
literature
- FL Hervay: The history of the Cistercians in Hungary , in: Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government (ed.): 800 years of the Cistercians in the Pannonian region , pp. 27–42, especially pp. 29, 34, Klostermarienberg 1996
Web links
- [1] and [2] two websites of the Certosa di Firenze about the monastery with numerous photos, but the first one relocates the monastery to the area of Senj (Croatia)
- http://www.vertesszentkereszt.org (Hungarian)
- Northern Hungary tourist portal
Remarks
- ↑ so u. a. FL Hervay, The history of the Cistercians in Hungary, in: 800 years of the Cistercians in the Pannonian region, exhibition catalog, 1996, pp. 27–42. The localization in the Senj area in Croatia , which can be found again and again, is probably due to a mix-up.
- ↑ The website of the Certosa di Firenze states 1301 as the year of the abolition
- ↑ to archived copy ( memento of the original from January 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. as early as 1240
