Oliwa Abbey

Oliwa Abbey

Cistercian monastery in Oliwa
Location within Poland
Monastery information
Order	Cistercians
Denomination	Catholic Church
Established	1188
Disestablished	1831
Controlled churches	Oliwa Cathedral
People
Founder(s)	Sambor I, Duke of Pomerania
Site
Location	Oliwa, Gdańsk, Poland
Coordinates	54°24′39″N 18°33′30″E / 54.4107158°N 18.5583276°E / 54.4107158; 18.5583276
Historic Monument of Poland
Designated	2017-11-22
Reference no.	Dz. U. z 2017 r. poz. 2277[1]

The Oliwa Abbey was the Cistercian monastic community in Oliwa (now a district of Gdańsk), the oldest monastic establishment in Gdańsk Pomerania, which existed continuously from 1188 to 1831, now a Historic Monument of Poland.^[1]

The monastery buildings were repeatedly destroyed by pagan Prussians, Brandenburgers, Teutonic Knights, Hussites, Swedes, Russians, and the people of Gdańsk itself. From 1466 to 1772 it consistently sided with the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in its ongoing disputes with Gdańsk. In the twilight years of its existence, the abbey became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1772 following the First Partition of Poland. Due to Prussian dissolution policies, the Cistercian order was abolished in 1831.