Daugavgrīva Abbey

The monastery Daugavgrīva ( Dünamünde; Mons S. Nicolai ) was a Cistercian monastery in Latvia. It was 12 km from the Latvian capital Riga, the city district, it forms since 1959.

History

The monastery was founded by Bishop Albert of Riga in 1205 and 1208 I. staffed by monks from the monastery Pforta from the filiation of the monastery Mori Moon over Klosterkamp and Walkenried Abbey. The first abbot Theodoric of Estonia had been previously employed by the mission in Livonia. The monastery belonged to the part quite distant from him lands. So it had at Rägelin in Brandenburg 30 hooves land which had been given him in 1238 by the nobles of Plote and operating on an estate. During a rebellion of the indigenous population in 1228, the monastery was destroyed. In 1263, the wooden church was destroyed by fire. The monastery was already sold in 1305 to the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order, which built his Commandery there and the facility to the fortress rebuilt; the monks went to the monastery Padise in Estonia.

In the monastery Bishop Bernhard of Lippe was buried 1224.

Buildings and plant

The church closed east of a strong square tower. Along the east wall stood two buildings to the monks available, the converse had a building on the west wall. In the north there were two towers. The entrance was located in the southwest corner of the outer fastening belt, which was surrounded by more than 40 m wide moat.