Fontenelle Cistercian Abbey
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The Cistercian Abbey of Fontenelle was a French monastery of the Cistercian sisters in Maing , Département Nord , from 1212 to 1793 . It should not be confused with the Augustinian Abbey of Notre-Dame des Fontenelles in La Roche-sur-Yon and the Benedictine Abbey of Fontenelle (649–787, later name: Abbey of Saint-Wandrille ).
history
The abbey was founded in 1212 south of Valenciennes on the banks of the Scheldt , became Cistercian in 1218 and was famous in the 14th century when, in 1337, Jeanne de Valois (1294–1352), daughter of Charles I (Valois) , sister of King Philip VI. (France) , wife of Wilhelm III. (Holland) and mother-in-law of Ludwig the Bavarian , as a widow entered the monastery and died there. Destroyed several times in the course of history, destroyed by the French Revolution in 1793, the abbey was forgotten until remnants came to light during construction work on the Scheldt Canal in 1977, which were archaeologically processed and are partly exhibited in the Museum of Valenciennes. A park is accessible to visitors on site.
literature
- Cistercian Sites in Europe . Charte Européenne des Abbayes et Sites Cisterciens 2012, p. 66.
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 235.
Web links
- Archaeological website of the abbey with a detailed historical overview, list of the 36 abbesses, monastery staff from 1770 and status of the excavations, in French
- Mention of Fontenelle in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis
- Fontenelle page in the European Charter of Cistercian Abbeys and Sites, in French, with picture
- Page of the Parc archéologique de Fontenelle, French, with pictures
Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′ 17.6 ″ N , 3 ° 29 ′ 29 ″ E