Płock

Title

Płock

Also Known As

Plock, Plotzk, Plozk, Plockzko, Plocensis, Plocko

Dates

Founded 1160/79; moved 1622

Dedication

Mary Magdalene

Affiliation

Hebdów; Witów from 1477

Medieval Diocese

Płock

Circary

Poland

History

The house was founded by Wit, bishop of Płock, in 1160-1179, and was one of the oldest Polish monasteries for women. It was a wealthy establishment.

In 1622, the monastery was moved to a better location by King Zygmunt III Waza because of landslides. The medieval monastic complex, located on a bluff above the Vistula River, eventually collapsed into the river. Nothing remains of the medieval monastery today.

Heads of Community

Prioresses

Dorothea, fl. 1450s/60s
Małgorzata Dobrzykowska, fl. 1545
Agnieszka Życka, fl. 1550s-1570s

Status

Women's community

Bibliography

Borkowska, Małgorzata. “Zapiski kronikarskie norbertanek płockich.” Nasza Przeszłość 84 (1995): 49–79. https://doi.org/10.52204/np.1995.84.49-79.

Deptuła, Czesław. “Początki klasztorów norbertańskich w Dłubni – Imbramowicach i Płocku.” Roczniki Humanistyczne 16, no. 2 (1968): 5–42. https://ojs.tnkul.pl/index.php/rh/article/view/1197.

Kuźniewska, Zofia H. “Norbertanki płockie.” Rocznik Towarzystwa Naukowego Płockiego 10 (2018): 31–54. https://doi.org/10.19251/rtnp/2018.10(2).

Stawski, Marek. “Początki klasztoru norbertanek w Płocku.” Annales Academiae Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia Historica 5 (2007): 36–51.

Files

Collection

Poland

Citation

“Płock,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/609.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Brzesko-Hebdów
This Item DependentOn Item: Witów
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Item: Barcice DependentOn This Item
Item: Brwilno DependentOn This Item