Busko

Title

Busko

Also Known As

Bosca, Busca, Buscensis, Buscza, Busk, Buskum, Busska, Buxena, Buzsk

Dates

Founded by 1240; dissolved 1819

Dedication

Leonard, Mary

Affiliation

Brzesko-Hebdów

Medieval Diocese

Kraków

Circary

Poland

History

The women's community at Busko was founded in ca. 1180-1186 by Dzierżko (or Dersław), a knight of the Janina family and elder brother of Wit, bishop of Płock, and was populated by sisters from Witów. The monastery's church was damaged by fire and rebuilt a number of times over the centuries; only part of the original medieval structure remains incorporated into the church's fabric today.

Busko was seized by the state in 1819 and the community was dissolved. The monastic church is today the local parish church.

Heads of Community

Priors

Hermann I, fl. 1287
Ulrich, fl. ca. 1325
Hermann II, fl. 1326
Nicolaus, fl. 1421

Status

Women's community

Archival Sources

Kraków, Archiwum Narodowe w Krakowie

29/683/0/-/1 (1211)

29/683/0/-/17 (1252)

Warsaw, Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych

Zbiór Dokumentów Pergaminowych, no. 2350 (1347)

Zbiór Dokumentów Pergaminowych, no. 2618 (1210)

Zbiór Dokumentów Pergaminowych, no. 7213 (1190)

Zbiór Dokumentów Pergaminowych, no. 7232 (1369)

Bibliography

Gajda-Kruk, Marta. “Czy klasztor ponorbertański w Busku-Zdroju odzyska dawny blask?” Radio Kielce, January 14, 2023. https://radiokielce.pl/1005615/czy-klasztor-ponorbertanski-w-busku-zdroju-odzyska-dawny-blask/.

Grodecki, Roman. Dzieje klasztoru premonstrateńskiego w Busku w wiekach średnich. Krakow: Nakładem Akademii Umiejętności ; Skład Główny w Księgarni Spółki Wydawniczej Polskiej, 1913. https://www.sbc.org.pl/dlibra/publication/271306/edition/256658/content.

Image Credit

Exterior of Busko church, 2012. Wikimedia.

Last Updated

Oct. 2026.

Files

Collection

Poland

Citation

“Busko,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/521.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Brzesko-Hebdów