St. Vincent's Premonstratensian Monastery

Church and monastery in the old town

The St. Vincent monastery was a Premonstratensian monastery in Breslau . It had been on the Elbing on the cathedral island since the 12th century and was moved to the previous Franciscan monastery in the old town in 1530. In 1810 it was secularized.

history

Portal of the former collegiate church on the Elbing (in a new building)

Benedictine Abbey
Around 1140 an abbey was built by Benedictines on the Elbing. The founder was the magnate Peter Wlast , the monks came from the monastery in Tyniec.

Premonstratensian pen on the Elbing

Fragment of the tympanum on the Elblag

Around 1180 the monastery was occupied by Premonstratensian canons, probably on the initiative of Duke Bolesław I. The first abbot was Cyprian , who was mentioned in 1193. The monastery developed and received extensive property holdings.

Premonstratensian monastery in the old town In
1530 the monastery was moved to the former Franciscan monastery in the old town and the buildings on the Elbing were demolished.

In 1810 the St. Vinzenz monastery was dissolved.

swell

• Necrologium monasterii S. Vincentii Wratislaviensis (= necrology of the monastery of St. Vincent in Breslau ). 13th to 16th centuries, ( manuscripts and literature ).

literature

• Franz Xaver Görlich : Documented history of the Premonstratensians and their abbey of St. Vincent in front of Breslau. Breslau 1836. ( digitized version ).