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Tvis Abbey ( da, Tvis Kloster; la, Tutta vallis) is a former
Cistercian
The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ...
monastery in
Denmark
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. It was situated on a small island between the
Storå and the Tvis Å rivers, a few kilometres south of
Holstebro
Holstebro is the main town in Holstebro Municipality, Denmark. The town, bisected by ''Storåen'' ("The Large Creek") and has a population of 36,489 (1 January 2022).[Jutland
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.
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
Henrik Skadelår (c. 1090 - 4 June 1134) was a Danish prince, the son of Svend Tronkræver, an illegitimate son of king Sweyn II of Denmark. He was the father of King Magnus II of Sweden. He died in the Battle of Fotevik.
After the murder on his ...
and the brother of Swedish King
Magnus Henriksson
Magnus II; Swedish: ''Magnus Henriksson'' (c. 1130 – 1161) was a Danish lord and king of Sweden between 1160 and 1161. He is often seen by posterity as a usurper.
Background
The mother of Magnus was Ingrid Ragvaldsdotter, a granddaughter of ...
(c. 1130–1161).
It was a daughter house of
Herrevad Abbey
Herrevad Abbey ( sv, Herrevadskloster, da, Herrevads Kloster) was a Cistercian monastery near Ljungbyhed in Klippan Municipality, Scania, in the south of present-day Sweden, but formerly in Denmark until 1658. It is now a country house known as H ...
(''Herrevad kloster'') in
Scania
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(now in
Sweden
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) and was established with a substantial endowment of property near the village of Holstebro. The abbey was dissolved during the
Reformation
The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...
, 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.
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References
Other Sources
* Andersen, Anders, 1978: ''Tvis Kloster'', online a
http://tviskirke.dk/brochure/tviskloster.pdf
External links
Holstebro tourism website
Cistercian monasteries in Denmark
1163 establishments in Europe
12th-century establishments in Denmark
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