Løgum Abbey [SEP] religious order
Løgum Abbey
Løgum Abbey (; ) was a Cistercian monastery in the present town of Løgumkloster in North Schleswig in Denmark.
History.
Løgum Abbey was founded in 1173 by Bishop Stefan of Ribe who had previously been at Herrevad Abbey in Skåne, the first Cistercian foundation in Denmark. Løgum was in a sense a daughter house to Herrevad. The abbey was called "Locus Dei" in Latin ("Guds sted" in Danish), meaning "God's place" and dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
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scholars believe the Codex Runicus, a medieval attempt to use runes for writing the Law of Skåne (), was produced there.
Herrevad Abbey over time became one of the largest and wealthiest monastic houses in Denmark, and certainly in Skåne, then part of Denmark. At its height, the abbey owned more than 400 income-producing properties. It enjoyed the support of the nobility and Denmark's royal family for generations.
Herrevad established three daughter houses in Denmark - Holme Abbey, Tvis Abbey and Løgum Abbey -