Julita Abbey
Julita Abbey (Julita kloster) was a
Oppunda Hundred, Södermanland, Sweden
.
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History
The monastery was founded in 1160 at Viby, close to
Erik Knutsson (1210-1216), and later from other members of the aristocracy and royal circles. It was finally the owner of some 80 farms, mostly in Södermanland. [1]
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At the time of the
Gustavus Vasa appropriated the abbey in accordance with the Reduction of Gustav I of Sweden and gave it in fief to Olof Arvidsson, a bailiff in Nyköping, in 1527. The secular estate thus created later had various possessors, including diplomat Matthias Palbitzki and members of the Lewenhaupt family.[4]
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In 1944, the Nordic Museum assumed the ownership of the estate in accordance with the will of the last private owner, Arthur Bäckström (1861-1941). The manor is now a large open-air museum, incorporating a small part of the abbey in the basement of one of its wings, which is open to the public. Together with another small building originally located outside the cloisters, this is all that can be seen of the abbey today, though archaeological excavations have revealed the full extent of the main abbey buildings.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Julitas historia". Nordiska museet. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ "Knut Eriksson". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ "Erik Knutsson". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ Julita Socken i Södermanlands län, Oppunda härad Nordisk familjebok, vol. 13 (1910)
- ^ "Palbitzki, Mattias". Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ "Johan Arthur Bäckström". tobakshistoria.com. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
Other sources
- Ralph Edenheim and Hans A. Lidén (1978) Julita kloster. Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiksell International) ISBN 91-7402-062-5
