Białoboki

Title

Białoboki

Also Known As

Bealbog, Belboc, Belboch, Belbog, Belboga, Belbouch, Belbuc, Belbuch, Belbuck, Belbug, Belbuk, Belburg, Castrum Spei, Castrum Sti. Petri

Dates

Founded in 1177; refounded 1208; dissolved 1522

Dedication

Peter and Paul

Affiliation

Lund, later Mariëngaarde

Medieval Diocese

Kamień

Circary

Slavia

History

Białoboki was founded in the 12th century as part of the Christianization of Pomerania. It was founded ca. 1170-ca. 1180 by brothers from the abbey of Lund, with support from Gunbin, duke of Pomerania. It was abandoned by 1185, but revived in the same location in 1208 with the support of Anastasia, duchess of Pomerania.

Białoboki continued to be supported by the ducal family over the decades. In the 13th/14th centuries, it was one of the most prominent monasteries in Pomerania. Białoboki was suppressed at the Reformation.

The former monastic complex fell into disrepair through a combination of fires and being robbed out for stone, and nothing of it is visible aboveground today.

Heads of Community

Abbots

Berenger, ?
Dodo, 1216-19
Otto, 1224-43
Sigebodo, 1243-51
Hesselus, 1251
Bavo, 1251-59
Simon, fl. 1263
Wiardus, 1265-68
Mauritius, fl. 1270
Thomas, fl. 1273
Albertus, fl. 1279
Thidbold, 1283-90
Siegfried, fl. 1293
Nathan, 1305-10
Gerhardus, 1318-19
Diethardus, 1320-22
Arnoldus, 1328-41
Wilhelmus, 1350
Bernardus, 1354-73
Nicolaus, 1377-80
Andreas, 1383-89
Bernard Buckowvel Butzow, 1393-1409
Nicolaus Griskow, 1419-21/28
Nicolaus Volske, 1428-34/35
Gregorius, 1436-61
Nicolaus, 1467-77
Konrad von Winterfeld, 1480-91
Stanislaus, 1492-1503
Joachim, 1504-07
Henricus Beggerow, 1508-16
Johannes Boldewan, 1517-22

Status

Abbey

Archival Sources

Much of the abbey's archives was destroyed in a fire in 1560.

Berlin, Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz

XV. HA, Rep. 2, Nr. 1621 (1320)

Szczecin, Archiwum Państwowe w Szczecine

Regesten zu den Urkunden des Prämonstratenser-Klosters Belbuck, Białoboki.

Bibliography

Biermann, Felix Paul, Marek Dworaczyk, and Marian Rebkowski. “Archäologische Forschungen am Prämonastratenserstift Belbuck bei Treptow an der Rega.” Baltische Studien 101 (2015): 15–36.
Bosse, H. “Das Kloster Belbuck b. Treptow.” Unser Pommerland : Monatsschrift für das Kulturleben der Heimat 16 (1931): 96–106.
Brummer, G. F. “Das Kloster Belbog bey Treptow an der Rega.” Baltische Studien 2 (1833): 3–78. https://books.google.de/books?id=l8wAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA3.
Ehricht, Christoph. “Das Prämonstratenserkloster Belbuck als eine Keimzelle der Reformation im südlichen Ostseeraum.” Gdański Rocznik Ewangelicki, no. 11 (2017): 149–58. https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=713913.
Hoogeweg, Hermann. “Belbuck. Prämonstratenserkloster.” In Die Stifter und Klöster der Provinz Pommern, 1:13–91. Stettin: Verlag Leon Sauniers Buchhandlung, 1924. https://www.digitale-bibliothek-mv.de/viewer/image/PPN1852603232/41/LOG_0010/.
“Namen der Dörfer samt allen Pertinentien des Klosters Belbog.” Baltische Studien 6, no. 1/2 (1839): 162–71. https://www.digitale-bibliothek-mv.de/viewer/image/PPN559838239_AF_6/1/.
Paap, Walter. “Kloster Belbuck um die Wende des 16. Jahrhunderts.” Baltische Studien, New Series, vol. 16 (1912): 1–73. https://www.digitale-bibliothek-mv.de/viewer/image/PPN559838239_NF_16/9/.
Rębkowski, M., and F. Biermann. “Klasztor w Białobokach w świetle badań archeologicznych z lat  2003-2006.” In Trzebiatów - spotkania pomorskie - 2006 r., edited by Janina Kochanowska, 9–14. Wołczkowo: Oficyna In Plus, 2007.
Rębkowski, Marian. “Belbuc, Belboch, Bialoboki. Über das Projekt zur Erforschung des Prämonstratenserstift.” In Klasztor premonstratensów w Bialobokach. Archeologia i historia, edited by Marian Rębkowski and Felix Biermann, 15–18. Szczecin: Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2015.
———. “Belbuc, Belboch, Bialoboki. Wprowadzenie do badan klasztoru prem onstratensów.” In Klasztor premonstratensów w Bialobokach. Archeologia i historia, edited by Marian Rębkowski and Felix Biermann, 7–14. Szczecin: Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2015.
———. “Kolbacz (Kolbatz) and Bialoboki (Belbuck) - Archaeology of Two 12th Century Monasteries in Pomerania.” In Glaube, Macht Und Pracht. Geistliche Gemeinschaften Des Ostseeraums Im Zeitalter Der Backsteingotik, edited by Oliver Auge, Felix Biermann, and Christofer Herrmann, 125–40. Rahden: Verlag Marie Leidorf, 2009.
Rębkowski, Marian, and Felix Biermann, eds. Klasztor premonstratensów w Białobokach: archeologia i historia. Szczecin: Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk : Ośrodek Archeologii Średniowiecza Krajów Nadbałtyckich, 2015.
Temme, Jodocus Donatus Hubertus. “Die Ruinen des Klosters zu Belbog.” In Die Volkssagen von Pommern und Rügen, First Edition, 238. Berlin: Nicolaische Buchhandlung, 1840. https://books.google.com/books?id=7kA8XxrP0CYC&pg=PA238.
Teul, Iwona. “Wyniki analizy antropologicznej szczatków kostnych z cmentarza przyklasztornego premonstratensów (norbertanów), odkrytych w Bialobokach (gmina Trzebiatów, województwo zachodniopomorskie).” Acta archaeologica Pomoranica 3 (2009): 11–20.

Image Credit

The coat of arms of the monastery of Białoboki. Wikimedia. 

Last Updated

Oct. 2026.

Files

Collection

Slavia

Citation

“Białoboki,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/434.

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