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Øm Abbey
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Øm Abbey

Ruins · Denmark

Abandoned
1561
Founded
1172
Population
—
Coordinates
56.052, 9.749
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Why it was abandoned

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History

Øm Abbey was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1172 in the Diocese of Aarhus near the town of Rye, between the lakes of Mossø and Gudensø in central Jutland, Denmark. It is one of many former monasteries and abbeys in the highland region of Søhøjlandet.

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