Alsórajk

Title

Alsórajk

Also Known As

Alsórajk-Kastélydomb, Rajk, Rayck, Resc

Dates

Founded 1240-1274; dissolved ca. 1520s

Dedication

Mary

Affiliation

Csorna

Medieval Diocese

Veszprém

Circary

Hungary

History

Alsórajk was founded in the mid-13th century by Csak I of the Buzád-Hahót kindred. The priory was dissolved at the time of the Reformation.

Some ruins were still extant in the late 19th century.

Heads of Community

Provosts

Petrus, 1274-1275
Walterus, ca. fl. 1290
Paulus, fl. 1370
Johannes, fl. 1385
Dominicus, fl. 1391
Albertus, fl. 1413
Andreas, fl. 1509

Status

Priory

Bibliography

Horvath, A. “De historia praepositurae B.M.V. de Rayk.” Analecta Praemonstratensia 7 (1931): 65–70.
Szöke, Béla Miklós. “Die Prämonstratenserpropstei von Alsórajk-Kastélydomb.” Antaeus 23 (1996): 251–305. https://doi.org/10.62149/Antaeus.

Image Credit

Aerial photo showing the excavation of a Roman villa and the priory site of Alsórajk-Kastélydomb, ca. 1995. Béla Miklós Szőke, ed., Archaeology and Settlement History in the Hahót Basin, South-West Hungary: From the Neolithic to the Roman Age (1995).

Last Updated

Oct. 2026

Files

Collection

Hungary

Citation

“Alsórajk,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/643.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Csorna