Lützel Abbey
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Lützel Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in the present Lucelle, département of Haut-Rhin in Alsace. The name of the original foundation was Lucis cella, the "cell of light".
Lützel was founded in 1124 as a daughter house of Bellevaux Abbey, which in its turn was a daughter house of Morimond Abbey. It was dissolved in 1792 during the French Revolution.
[edit] Daughter houses
The following foundations were made from Lützel:
- Neuburg Abbey (1131)
- Kaisheim Abbey (1133)
- Lieu-Croissant Abbey (1134)
- Salem Abbey (1134/1137 or 1138)
- Frienisberg Abbey (1131/1138)
- Pairis Abbey (1139)
- St. Urban's Abbey (1195)
[edit] Kleinlützel Abbey
Lützel Abbey should be distinguished from the Cistercian nunnery, Kleinlützel Abbey, founded in 1136. This was initially a subordinate house to Lützel but had become a house of the Augustinian Canons before the end of the 12th century.
[edit] External link
- (French) History of Lucelle/Lützel
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