Vrejlev

Title

Vrejlev

Also Known As

Uralöf, Ureklefenium, Ureklefensis, Wrechlööf, Wrechløøf, Wreeluff cloesteer, Wreglöff, Wrælefh claustro

Dates

Founded ca. 1165; dissolved ca. 1534

Dedication

Nicholas

Affiliation

Børglum

Medieval Diocese

Børglum

History

A women's community dependent on Borglum. It was founded ca. 1165, and suppressed in 1538. It became a private residence. The church, which dates to the 13th century, still survives.

Heads of Community

Prioresses

Cecilia, fl. 1335
Anne Povlsdatter, 1508-36

Status

Women's community

Bibliography

Lindholdt, Pia Katrine. Vrejlev kloster - et nordjysk præmonstratensernonnekloster. Højberg: Middelalder-Arkæologisk Nyhedsbrev, 2017.

Lindholt, Pia Katrine, and Morten Larsen. “Vrejlev Klosterkirkes middelalderlige bygningshistorie.” Kuml 68 (2019). https://tidsskrift.dk/kuml/article/view/126066.

Løffler, J.B. “Vrejlev Kloster og Klosterkirke.” Ny kirkehistoriske Samlinger 6 (1872): 361–74. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0003413572?urlappend=%3Bseq=371.

Riemann, Peter. “En mundsmag af, hvad Vrejlev Kloster gemmer.” Vrå Højskoles Årsskrifter, 1944, 25–30.

———. Vrejlev Klosters Historie. Hjøring, 1948.

“Vrejlev Kloster,” 2023. http://vrejlev-kloster.dk/.

Image Credit

The former monastery of Vrejlev, 2008. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Denmark and Norway

Citation

“Vrejlev,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/24.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Børglum
Item: Hæstrup DependentOn This Item