Kärkna Abbey

Coordinates: 58°27′49″N 26°36′08″E / 58.4636397°N 26.6022348°E

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Ruins of Kärkna Abbey

Kärkna Abbey (

Cistercian monastery in Estonia

Situation

The monastery was sited about 8 km north of

Amme River flows into the Emajõgi

History

The monastery was founded before 1233 by the

Cistercian order the previous year. In August 1558 the monastery was destroyed at the beginning of the Livonian War

. There are remains of the foundations and of the perimeter walls.

Buildings

The rectangular church was about 47 metres long, and consisted of a single nave of five vaulted bays. Unusually for a Cistercian church it also had a crypt of 10 bays containing two aisles, which was used not only as a place of burial but also as a place of shelter during hostilities. To the south of the church were attached the conventual buildings in the usual form of three ranges arranged in a square round a cloister and a central courtyard, with the chapter house in the east range.

List of abbots

P. - 1234
Godefridus - 1253
B. - 1264
Winandus - 1277–1288
Daniel - 1295–1298
Johannes de Hapsele - before 1304
Dithmarus - 1304–1308
Hermannus - 1327–1336
Everhardus - 1346
Johannes - 1354
Albertus - 1388–1397
Bertoldus - 1411–1433
Gotfrid Mäke - 1462–1466
Johannes - 1484
Lambert - 1504–1525
Christoph Hogenstein - 1528–1535
Gerardus - 1538–1540
Bishop of Dorpat
from 1554)

See also

List of Christian religious houses in Estonia

References

Dimier, M.-Anselme, 1971: L'art cistercien hors de France, p. 49, with plan. La Pierre-qui-Vire: Zodiaque
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. 654. Cologne: Wienand Verlag
ISBN 3-87909-132-3

Tuulse, A., 1942: Die Burgen in Estland und Lettland, pp. 270–274. Dorpat

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