Logum Abbey

Logum Abbey changed into a Cistercian monastery within the present metropolis of Logumkloster in North Schleswig in Denmark. Logum Abbey changed into based in 1173 by using Bishop Stefan of Ribe who had previously been at Herrevad Abbey in Skane, the primary Cistercian foundation in Denmark. Logum changed into in a feel a daughter residence to Herrevad.

The abbey become known as "Locus Dei" in Latin, which means "God's vicinity" and devoted to the Virgin Mary. The new timber monastery became destroyed by way of a fireplace in 1190. Bishop Omer of Ribe endorsed clergymen from different monasteries to visit Logum to rebuild the abbey and its church. King Valdemar II gave it several farms to offer it with a steady earnings. The surviving 4-sided abbey complicated became constructed of red bricks reputedly manufactured on the website online inside the Gothic style. It turned into finished at some point of the primary a long time of the 14th century and consisted of the church, and at the least two wings, one for the priests and one for visitors and the clinic.