Tvis Abbey

Tvis Abbey (Danish: Tvis Kloster; Latin: Tutta vallis) is a former Cistercian monastery in Denmark. It was situated on a small island between the Storå and the Tvis Å rivers, a few kilometres south of Holstebro in Jutland.[1]

Foundations of Tvis Abbey
Tvis Abbey memorial stone

History

The abbey was founded in 1163 by Prince Buris Henriksson (1130-1167), earl of Jutland, who was the son of Danish lord Henrik Skadelår and the brother of Swedish King Magnus Henriksson (c. 1130–1161). It was a daughter house of Herrevad Abbey (Herrevad kloster) in Scania (now in Sweden) and was established with a substantial endowment of property near the village of Holstebro. The abbey was dissolved during the Reformation, probably in 1547. The abbey church, which served as a parish church, was demolished, apparently in 1698, after which a replacement was set up in the west wing, but that too was demolished after the construction of a new parish church in 1887. Today there are no visible remains apart from the foundations. In 1935, a memorial stone was erected over the site of the altar in the middle of the cemetery. [2][3] [4]

References
  1. "Tviskloster". Kongeriget Danmark. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  2. "Henrik Skadelår". lexopen.dk. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  3. "Magnus Henriksson". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  4. "Herrevad kloster". wadbring.com. Retrieved July 1, 2020.

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