Nyulakszigete
Title
Nyulakszigete
Also Known As
Insula leporum, Margitsziget, Margit-sziget, Margaret Island, Nyulak szigete, Urak szigete, Nyúl-sziget, Budai-sziget, Boldogasszony szigete
Dates
Founded bef. 1225; dissolved ca. 1526
Dedication
Michael
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
A Premonstratensian priory on an island on the Danube in the middle of what is today the city of Budapest. It was founded by 1225, in which year the foundation received a confirmation from Andrew II of Hungary.
The community was dissolved in 1526. In the 1930s, the ruins of the church were reconstructed.
The community was dissolved in 1526. In the 1930s, the ruins of the church were reconstructed.
Status
Priory
Archival Sources
Reference
Bibliography
Kiss Kolos, Jenő. A margitszigeti Szent Mihályról nevezett premontrei prépostság története. Budapest: Hellas irodalmi és nyomdai részvénytársaság, 1932.
Radványi, Imre. Margit-Sziget története. Budapest: Nyomatott Beimel J. és Kozma Vazulnal, 1858. https://books.google.com/books?id=9LoAAAAAcAAJ.
Image Credit
Exterior, 2015. Wikimedia.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Nyulakszigete,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/216.
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Item Relations
| This Item | DependentOn | Item: Váradhegyfok |