Lyse Monastery
| Cistercian Abbey Lysekloster | |
|---|---|
 Cloister |
|
| location |
 Norway
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| Coordinates: | 60 ° 13 ′ 40 " N , 5 ° 24 ′ 20" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
219 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1146 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1536 |
| Mother monastery | Fountains Abbey |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
Tautra |
Lysekloster (Hellige Maria Kloster i Lyse) is a former Cistercian monk abbey in Norway . The ruins of the monastery are in the Norwegian municipality of Bjørnafjorden in Vestland , 27 km south of Bergen , on the grounds of the Lysekloster Hovedgard manor.
history
The monastery was founded in 1146 after being donated by Bishop Sigurd von Bergen. It was settled by Fountains Abbey (England) from the affiliation of Clairvaux Primary Abbey . From the Lysekloster the Tautra monastery was settled in 1207 . The first abbot was Ranulf from York . The monastery was one of the richest in Norway; he owned 200 farms, including a grangie in Opedal in Hardanger with stone buildings. The monastery was in the course of the Reformation in 1536/37 by the Danish King Christian III. secularized. In the following two centuries the plant was demolished and used as a quarry, u. a. for the Rosenkrantzturm in Bergen . Excavations took place in 1822, 1838 and 1888/1889 (directed by Fortidminneforening). Restoration work took place around 1920. Today it is protected as a national monument.
Buildings and plant
The single-nave church was in the northeast of the enclosure. There were chapels on either side of the choir. The cloister had two floors, with the dormitory on the upper floor. The other rooms also corresponded to the scheme of medieval Cistercian monasteries.
literature
- N. Nicolaysen: Om Lysekloster and dets ruiner. Udgivet av Foreningen til norske for-tidsmindesmærkers bevaring, Kristiania, I: Kunst og haandverk fra Norges fortid. Suppl, 1890.
- M. Nybø: Lyse monastery. In: Foreningen til Norske Fortidsminnesmerkers Bevaring Årbok 1987.
- Nils Tveit: Lyse Monastery - gjennom 880 år. Bergen 1946.
- Lunde, Øivind: Klosteranleggene. In: Fortidsminneforeningens årbok 1987. p. 109, with floor plan.
- Arne Gunnarsjaa: Architecture guide for Norge. Abstract forlag as, Oslo 2002, ISBN 82-7935-031-4 , pp. 226-227.
Web links
- Lyse Monastery. ( Memento from April 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Norwegian)