Myrendal Trappist Monastery

The monastery Myrendal , official name: Myrendal monastery , a since 1966 monastery of Trappist monks in Olsker, Allinge-Sandvig , on the Danish Baltic Sea island of Bornholm .

history

Six monks from the Belgian Trappist Abbey of Achel founded the Myrendal Monastery ("Ant Valley") on the island of Bornholm ( Krogholmsvej 18 in Olsker) in 1966 with reform intentions . In 2002, it became an independent priory . The founding bishop was the Jesuit Hans Ludvig Martensen , Bishop of Copenhagen . The monks secure their livelihood through bookbinding . The existence of the monastery seems to be endangered by the decline in membership and aging, because the statistics from 2018 only show two people.

Upper

• Frans van Haaren (* 1933) (1966-2007)
• Clemens Vialle (2007–)

literature

• Bernard Peugniez , Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne , Strasbourg, Editions du Signe, 2012, p. 1008.

Web links

• Page of the monastery on the Trappist website
• Side of the monastery in the Cistopedia
• 2012 report on the monastery
• Private blog with information about the monastery, illustrated
• 2016 report on the Convention, Danish, illustrated

Coordinates: 55 ° 13 ′ 42.4 ″  N , 14 ° 46 ′ 32.5 ″  E