Majk

Title

Majk

Also Known As

Mayskensis, Mayk, Maik, Moik, Majkpuszta

Dates

Founded ca. 1235; dissolved 16th c.?

Affiliation

Váradhegyfok

Medieval Diocese

Ezstergom

Circary

Hungary

History

A priory likely founded in the early 13th century, its history is fairly obscure. It was suppressed likely in the 16th century.

The site is now a Camaldolese house, and the current monastic complex post-dates the Premonstratensian period.

Heads of Community

Priors

Johannes, fl. 1281
Ambrosius, fl. bef. 1367

Status

Priory

Bibliography

Csengel, Péter. “A majki premontrei prépostság feltárása.” Müemlékvédelmi szemle 2 (1991): 44–46. https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/view/SZAK_KOHI_Msz_1991_02/?pg=45&layout=s.

Hervay, Ferenc L. “A premontreiek és majki prépostságuk.” In Majk és Grosbois (Kamalduli szerzetesek, Rákóczi és az Esterházyak): Az 1995. szeptember 14-i majki társadalomtörténeti konferencia tanulmányai, 19–24. Oroszlány: Oroszlány város önkormányzata, 1999.

Image Credit

Aerial view of Majk Abbey, 2018. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Hungary

Citation

“Majk,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/215.

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