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Pelplin

Pelplin is a small town in Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodship, Poland. Population: 9,993 (2007). The former Pelplin Abbey is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pelplin, and the abbey church is now Pelpin Cathedral.

Pelplin Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey, located in Pelplin, Poland, to the south of Gdańsk.
It was founded in 1258 by Sambor II, Duke of Pomerania, as "Samboria", and was a daughter house of the Cistercian Doberan Abbey. It was first sited in Pogódki (Pogutken) near Kościerzyna (Berent) and re-located in 1276 to Pelplin. By decree of the Prussian government of 5 March 1823 it was dissolved. Since 1824 the church, as Pelpin Cathedral, has been the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pelplin.
Pelplin Abbey
Pelplin Abbey
A Day of Harvest Festival - Woman in traditional costume neat the entrance into Abbey
A Day of Harvest Festival - Woman in traditional costume neat the entrance into Abbey
Pelplin Abbey - Entrance
Pelplin Abbey - Entrance
Architecture of Pelplin Abbey
Architecture of Pelplin Abbey
Architecture of Pelplin Abbey
Architecture of Pelplin Abbey
Architecture of Pelplin Abbey
Architecture of Pelplin Abbey
Architecture of Pelplin Abbey
Architecture of Pelplin Abbey
Architecture of Pelplin Abbey
Architecture of Pelplin Abbey
Architecture of Pelplin Abbey
Architecture of Pelplin Abbey
Architecture of Pelplin Abbey
Architecture of Pelplin Abbey
Architecture of Pelplin Abbey
Architecture of Pelplin Abbey
Architecture of Pelplin Abbey
Architecture of Pelplin Abbey
Architecture of Pelplin Abbey
Architecture of Pelplin Abbey
Pelplin Abbey
Pelplin Abbey