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Eldena Abbey

1199 · 12th century

Eldena Abbey was a Cistercian monastery near Greifswald on the Pomeranian coast, founded in 1199 under Prince Jaromar I of Rügen. The monks cleared land, promoted German settlement and founded the salt-trading settlement that grew into Greifswald. The abbey was dissolved in the Reformation, and its brick Gothic ruins were later painted by Caspar David Friedrich.

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Eldena Abbey. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/eldena-abbey
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