Bergen auf Rügen Abbey

The Principality of Rügen belonged to the Bishopric of Roskilde since its conquest by the Danes in 1168, Bishop Absalon of Lund being responsible for introducing the territory to Christianity.

The monastery was a branch of St. Mary's Abbey, Roskilde, from which the first Benedictine sisters came.

A confirmation of the Cistercian ordinances and possessions was made by Pope Innocent IV in 1250.

On its foundation, Jaromar I granted the monastery with extensive, but scattered, estates, which were mostly on the island of Rügen.

After that it was increasingly involved in the purchase of whole parishes, such as in 1344, which consisted of 14 villages, and in 1357 the estates of Arnold Pape, the goods of John of Kiel in Wieck, Dranske and Goos.