Neubourg Abbey (french: Abbaye de Neubourg or ''du Neubourg''; german: Kloster Neuburg; la, Novum Castrum) is a former Cistercian monastery in

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, in

Dauendorf Dauendorf is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is the site of the remains of Neubourg Abbey, a former Cistercian monastery, destroyed during the French Revolution. See also * Communes of the Bas-R ...

, about 9 km west of Haguenau in the

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department.

History

Neubourg Abbey was founded not earlier than 1130 and not later than 1133 by Count Reinhold of Lützelburg as a daughter house of

Lützel Abbey Lucelle Abbey or Lützel Abbey (french: Abbaye de Lucelle; german: Kloster Lützel) was a Cistercian monastery in the present village of Lucelle, in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace, France, but located right on the Swiss border. The name of ...

of the filiation of

Morimond Morimond Abbey is a religious complex in Parnoy-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne department, in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France. It was the fourth of the four great daughter abbeys of Cîteaux Abbey, of primary importance in the spread of the Ci ...

; it was also settled by monks from Lützel. In its turn Neubourg was the mother house of Maulbronn Abbey and

Herrenalb Abbey Herrenalb Abbey (german: Kloster Herrenalb; la, Alba dominorum) is a former Cistercian monastery in the present Bad Herrenalb in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History The monastery was founded, probably in 1147 or 1148, by Count Berthold of Ebe ...

, both founded in 1147. Between the 14th and 17th centuries the abbey was destroyed and rebuilt several times. It was suppressed in 1790 during the

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Inquisition

Not long after it was founded, the abbey was the subject of an inquisition by Frederick Barbarossa, who forced the monks to renounce their claims to the valuable Hohenstaufen Forest.

Buildings

The church was dedicated in 1158. It was rebuilt in 1758, but was entirely destroyed in 1818 along with virtually all of the monastic building complex. There are very few remains: a Baroque gatehouse of 1744; a mill; and part of the precinct wall. Some

rococo Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...

items from the abbey church (the

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, the organ case, statues of saints) are to be found in the nearby St. Nicholas' church, Haguenau.

Sundial

The abbey possessed a unique 24-faced gnomonic 18th-century sundial, which was relocated to Mont Sainte-Odile Abbey in 1935. File:Sundial of Mont Sainte-Odile.jpg, File:EU-FR-AL-67@Haguenau Église Saint-Georges 02.jpg, File:Haguenau StNicolas21.JPG,

Notes

References

*Peugniez, Bernard, nd: ''Routier cistercien'' (2nd ed., p. 11). Moisenay: Éditions Gaud. *Schneider, Ambrosius, 1986: ''Lexikale Übersicht der Männerklöster der Cistercienser im deutschen Sprach- und Kulturraum'', in: Schneider, Ambrosius; Wienand, Adam; Bickel, Wolfgang; Coester, Ernst (eds.): ''Die Cistercienser, Geschichte – Geist – Kunst'', 3rd edn., p. 679). Cologne: Wienand Verlag.

External links

Dauendorf Community website: page on Neubourg Abbey
{{Authority control Cistercian monasteries in France Christian monasteries in Bas-Rhin Churches in Bas-Rhin Christian monasteries established in the 12th century 1130 establishments in Europe 1130s establishments in France 1790 disestablishments in France