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Klostermølle
Klostermølle was originally a watermill, serving the now demolished Voer Abbey once situated nearby. The mill is located at the western end of lake Mossø. In 1872, the monks' old mill — operated as a grain mill since the time of the Protestant Reformation — was converted to a sawmill. The wood waste also served as feedstock for a cardboard factory, driven by water power. The finished cardboard was shipped by steamboat across the lake to the railway station in Alken, Denmark, Alken. Production continued until 1974, when some of the buildings were destroyed by fire; the long lumber drying shed was spared. The Danish Forest and Nature Agency has purchased the site as part of a program of nature conservation of the area surrounding Mossø and :da:Vissing Kloster, Vissing Abbey. Today, it is both a nature center and the headquarters for the Danish youth organization Nature and Youth (Denmark), Nature and Youth (:da:Natur & Ungdom, Natur & Ungdom). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voer Abbey
Voer Abbey ( da, Voer Kloster) was a Rule of St. Benedict, Benedictine abbey in Voerladegård Parish in Skanderborg Municipality, Denmark. It was situated on the Gudenå River near Klostermølle, site of the former monastery mill. History The abbey was founded before 1100 as one of the oldest Benedictine abbey, Benedictine Abbeys in Denmark. Voer Abbey was relatively wealthy and over the hundreds of years of its existence came into possession of many income-producing properties as far as Southern Jutland and as far north as Mors Island and Thisted. The abbey owned many farms and churches in the area from which it derived additional income. In 1172 the monks diverted the water of the Gudenå River into a 1300-metre canal they dug to Mossø Lake, to operate a grist mill. Just a hundred years later the population was halved according to the Øm Abbey Chronicle. Vissing Priory (''Vissing Kloster'') was founded as a double abbey for nuns of the Benedictine Order on the other side ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |