Rolduc

Rolduc is the call of a medieval abbey in Kerkrade, the Netherlands, which is now a Roman Catholic seminary and an affiliated convention middle. The abbey is a rijksmonument. It is a part of the Top 100 Dutch historical past sites, installed in 1990 via the Department for Conservation. In 1104, a young priest by way of the call of Ailbertus of Antoing founded an Augustinian abbey in the Land of Rode, close to the river Wurm.

The abbey turned into known as Kloosterrade, which later became 's Hertogenrade after the ducal castle that become constructed across the Wurm. Ailbertus died in 1111 and his bones have been later interred within the crypt. In 1136 the land of Rode, consisting of the abbey, became proprty of the Duchy of Limburg. Kloosterrade was considered to be their circle of relatives church. Several dukes of Limburg are buried at Rolduc, along with Walram III, whose cenotaph can be found inside the nave of the church. During the 12th and 13th century the abbey flourished. Several different groups have been based by means of Kloosterrade. In 1250 the abbey owned greater than 3,000 hectares of land.