Buch Abbey
| Kloster Buch | |
Area of former cloiser with chapter house and outer wall of church
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 Location within Saxony
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| Monastery information | |
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| Order | Cistercians |
| Established | 1192 |
| Disestablished | 1525 |
| Mother house | Sittichenbach Abbey |
| Dedicated to | Mary |
| Architecture | |
| Status | dissolved |
| Functional Status | venue for exhibitions, tours, markets, and festivals |
| Heritage designation | cultural and architectural monument |
| Site | |
| Location | Klosterbuch, Leisnig, Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°09′08″N 12°59′13″E / 51.1522°N 12.9869°ECoordinates: 51°09′08″N 12°59′13″E / 51.1522°N 12.9869°E |
| Visible remains | parts of church, chapter house, infirmarium, abbot's residence, several auxiliary buildings |
| Public access | yes |
| Website | www |
Buch Abbey, in German Kloster Buch, is a former Cistercian monastery near Leisnig in Saxony.
Kloster Buch is located approximately halfway between the cities Leipzig and Dresden, about 4 km east of the town of Leisnig in Mittelsachsen district in a bend of the river Freiberger Mulde. The floodplain of the latter is here about 800 m wide, bordered by forests and used for agriculture.
Kloster Buch was first mentioned in a document of Emperor Heinrich IV who bestowed to it the parish of Leisnig According to Cistercian tradition,abbot Hildebert, twelve monks and twelve lay brothers left Sittichenbach Abbey in 1 August 1192 and reached Buch on 17 August 1192. Kloster Buch is therefore a filial abbey of Sittichenbach, their primary abbey is Morimond. The foundation of the new abbey was initiated by Burgrave Heinrich III of Leisnig, who resided in nearby Mildenstein Castle. Unlike other Cistercian monasteries, it was not founded in uninhabitated parts.
The Burgraves of Leisnig gifted the monastery with many villages. It also possessed several granges in the surrounding regions as well as outposts in Leipzig and Oschatz, indication its participation in the medieval overland trade. In 1309 the monastery acquired the town of Belgern, where it established an ecclestastical manor, together with its ferry across the river Elbe.
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