Cistercian Abbey of Ravensberg
The Cistercian Abbey Ravensberg was 1191-1792 a monastery of Cistercian nuns in Merckeghem , Nord in France . (There is no connection to the German county Ravensberg ).
history
The Ravensberg Monastery , founded south of Dunkirk in 1191 , was subordinated to Clairmarais Monastery and mainly took in aristocratic daughters. In 1383 it housed King Charles VI. (France) . In 1192 it was destroyed by the French Revolution . Apart from an imposing storage building, there are no remains. The location of the Champ du couvent ("monastery field") is reminiscent of the monastery.
Ravensberg belongs to a group of 13 Cistercian convents ( Beaupré , Blendecques , Bonham , La Brayelle , Flines , Fontenelle , Marquette , Les Prés , Ravensberg, Le Verger , Le Vivier , Willencourt , La Woestyne ), which were established around 1200 within a short time and in a narrow way The space was privately donated and only faces five Cistercian monasteries ( Cercamp , Clairmarais , Longvillers , Loos and Vaucelles ).
Abbesses
- Marie Louise Buys (* 1738; † November 26, 1812, last abbess)
literature
- Geert Berings, Vijf cisterciënzerinnenabdijen in Frans-Vlaanderen. Stichting en vroegste geschiedenis . In: De Franse Nederlanden / Les Pays-Bas Français . Year 1994, pp. 75-89.
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 239.