Bosjokloster

Bosjokloster on the shore of Lake Ringsjon in Hoor Municipality, Scania, southern Sweden changed into at the beginning a nunnery, founded in 1080 by the Benedictine Order. The oldest preserved report that mentions Bosjö Abbey changed into written with the aid of Pope Lucius III in 1181, when he confirmed its privileges. According to neighborhood legend, the land turned into donated with the aid of Tord Aagesen Thott of Loddeköping, the first recognised ancestor of the Scanian noble circle of relatives Thott. The abbey changed into converted right into a fortress within the sixteenth century, and only components of the original constructing remains.

During the Danish Reformation in the sixteenth century, the nunnery became closed down and the estate became Danish crown assets. It was ultimately donated to the previous archbishop of Lund, Torbern Bille, below the condition that he took care of the remaining nuns. In 1560 Frederick II of Denmark gave the property as a barter to the widowed Scanian noble woman Thale Ulfstand. Her initials and the yr 1569 are carved into the massive okaydoors of the entrance and are nevertheless visible.