Tommarp
Title
Tommarp
Also Known As
Tomatorp, Tömmar, Tommentorp, Tommerup, Tumetolph, Tumetorp
Dates
Founded ca. 1155; dissolved 1529
Dedication
Peter and Paul
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
Tommarp was founded ca. 1155 by Eskil, archbishop of Lund, possibly on the site of an earlier royal estate. It was a regionally important monastery during the Middle Ages. The abbey suffered a major fire in the early fourteenth century. Tommarp was suppressed in 1529.
Heads of Community
Abbots
Patricius, fl. 1155
Hugo, fl. 1180
Crismannus
Ascerus
H., fl. 1219
Manne, fl. 1241
Ebbo, fl. 1322
Thordo, 1333-?
Haguin, fl. 1339
Michael de Götho, fl. 1340
Olaf, fl. 1343
Michael, fl. 1344
Petrus, 1378-?
Johannes Pauli, 1384-1386
Johannes II (Isakson?), 1393-1433
Jacobus, 1433-1435
Johannes Mathiae, fl. 1443
Jon Nielsson, fl. 1444
Niels Tordsson, 1479-1504
Cristiern, 1504-1511
Mathias Persson, 1511-1522
Jep Olsson, 1522-1529
Patricius, fl. 1155
Hugo, fl. 1180
Crismannus
Ascerus
H., fl. 1219
Manne, fl. 1241
Ebbo, fl. 1322
Thordo, 1333-?
Haguin, fl. 1339
Michael de Götho, fl. 1340
Olaf, fl. 1343
Michael, fl. 1344
Petrus, 1378-?
Johannes Pauli, 1384-1386
Johannes II (Isakson?), 1393-1433
Jacobus, 1433-1435
Johannes Mathiae, fl. 1443
Jon Nielsson, fl. 1444
Niels Tordsson, 1479-1504
Cristiern, 1504-1511
Mathias Persson, 1511-1522
Jep Olsson, 1522-1529
Status
Abbey
Archival Sources
Reference
Bibliography
Jönsson, Lars. “Premonstratenserklostret i Östra Tommarp.” In Från stad till land: en medeltidsarkeologisk resa tillägnad Hans Andersson, edited by Anders Andrén, Lars Ersgård, and Jes Wienberg, 153–60. Lund Studies in Medieval Archaeology 29. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 2001.
———. “Tommarp : kunglig produktionsort och klosterstad.” Licentiate Theseis, Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens historia, Lunds universitet, 2011. https://portal.research.lu.se/portal/en/publications/tommarp--kunglig-produktionsort-och-klosterstad(cdef16a2-afff-404a-8b22-23887a4c20e5).html.
Tynell, Lars. “Vestra Tomarps kyrka i Skåne.” Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antiqvitets Akademiens månadsblad 21 (1892): 104–14. https://books.google.com/books?id=fSQSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA104.
Wallin, Curt, ed. Tommarps urkundsbok: klostret - hospitalet - staden - socknen: 1085-1300. Vol. 1. 7 vols. Stockholm: Svenska kyrkans diakonistyrelses bokförlag, 1955.
———, ed. Tommarps urkundsbok: klostret - hospitalet - staden - socknen: 1300-1450. Vol. 2. 7 vols. Stockholm: Verbum, 1976.
———, ed. Tommarps urkundsbok: klostret - hospitalet - staden - socknen: 1450-1535. Vol. 3. 7 vols. Ullstorp: Bokförlager Österleniana, 1982.
———, ed. Tommarps urkundsbok: klostret - hospitalet - staden - socknen: 1536-1550. Vol. 4. 7 vols. Ullstorp: Bokförlager Österleniana, 1986.
———, ed. Tommarps urkundsbok: klostret - hospitalet - staden - socknen: 1551-1600. Vol. 5. 7 vols. Ullstorp: Bokförlager Österleniana, 1988.
———, ed. Tommarps urkundsbok: klostret - hospitalet - staden - socknen: Registerdelen. Vol. 7. 7 vols. Ullstorp: Bokförlager Österleniana, 2000.
———, ed. Tommarps urkundsbok: klostret - hospitalet - staden - socknen: Supplement. Vol. 6. 7 vols. Ullstorp: Bokförlager Österleniana, 1991.
Weibull, Lauritz. “Valdemar I’s privilegium för Tommarps kloster.” Scandia : Tidskrift för historisk forskning 15, no. 1 (1943): 86–94. https://journals.lub.lu.se/scandia/article/view/1171.
Image Credit
Remains of Tommarp monastery, 2005. Wikimedia.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Tommarp,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/690.
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