Trub Abbey
| Kloster Trub | |
The former abbey church
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 Location within Switzerland
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| Monastery information | |
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| Full name | Holy Cross |
| Order | Benedictine |
| Established | around 1128-30 |
| Disestablished | 1528 |
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| Founder(s) | Thüring von Lützelflüh |
| Site | |
| Location | Trub, Canton of Bern, Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 46°56′35″N 7°52′38″E / 46.943150°N 7.877221°ECoordinates: 46°56′35″N 7°52′38″E / 46.943150°N 7.877221°E |
| Visible remains | abbey church is still active as a Swiss Reformed Church |
| Public access | the church is active |
Trub Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in the municipality of Trub in Bern Switzerland
In 1125 Thüring von Lützelflüh donated land around modern Trub to St. Blaise Abbey in the Black Forest to establish a monk's cell. A few years later, between 1128 and 1130, he was able to separate Trub from St. Blaise and raise it to an independent Abbey. At that time it was dedicated to the Holy Cross. The Abbey's lands and rights, at that time it was recorded as monasterium de Trouba, were confirmed by Pope Innocent II and King Conrad III in 1139. Around 1224 it was known as the convent von Truob.
The secular and military rights over the monastery lands remained with the Lützelflüh family and their descendants, the Freiherren von Brandis until 1455. The rights were then sold to Kaspar von Scharnachtal who held them until his death in 1473, after which they transferred to the city of Bern. During the 13th century, the Abbey forged political ties with Bern and in 1286 its residents became citizens of the city.
The confirmation document of 1139 listed 40 properties that the Abbey owned, including 28 in the Emmental region and 7 in Oberaargau. The remaining five were more distant properties, two vineyards between Cressier and La Neuveville and farm houses in Därligen on Lake Thun, in Entlebuch, Canton of Lucerne and Otelfingen in Zürich. The Abbey buildings grew rapidly over the following years and a Romanesque church was built. Over the following centuries, the Abbey continued to receive or purchase property throughout western Switzerland. Several houses and places in these communities still bear the name Trub from when they were owned by the Abbey.
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