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Stolpe An Der Peene
Stolpe is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Nearby are the ruins of Stolpe Abbey. References Vorpommern-Greifswald {{VorpommernGreifswald-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolpe Abbey
Stolpe Abbey (german: Kloster Stolpe; founded 1153, dissolved 1534) was the first monastery in Pomerania. It was located on the southern bank of the Peene River between Gützkow and Anklam near the village of Stolpe an der Peene. Ratibor I, Duke of Pomerania, founded the abbey on 3 May 1153 in memory of his brother Wartislaw I. Wartislaw, who had subdued the area and converted its people to Christianity in the late 1120s, was killed near the site of the future monastery; according to legend he was murdered by a Liutician pagan.Jodocus Donatus Hubertus Temme, ''Die Volkssagen von Pommern und Rügen Volkskundliche Quellen'', 1976, p.107, , The abbey was settled by Benedictine monks from Berge Abbey near Magdeburg. The Pomeranian dukes and the Counts of Gützkow granted the new foundation extensive lands in the vicinity. In 1164, a meeting between the Duke of Saxony, Henry the Lion, and King Valdemar I of Denmark was held here. In 1304, the abbey became part of the Cistercia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
