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Founded: 1165Category: Religious sites in Germany
Historical period: Hohenstaufen Dynasty (Germany)
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Dobrilugk Abbey was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1165 in what is now Doberlug-Kirchhain, Brandenburg. Settlement began in 1184 with monks from Volkenroda Abbey. By the 13th century, it had grown into a major landowner with over 40 villages, playing a key role in the development of western Lower Lusatia.
The abbey prospered economically, but from the late 14th century began to decline due to a shortage of lay brothers. It was plundered by the Hussites in 1431 but remained wealthy, owning 65 villages by 1434.
The Reformation led to its dissolution in 1541 after financial mismanagement and political conflict. The property passed through noble hands and was eventually sold to the Elector of Saxony in 1624. Under the dukes of Sachsen-Merseburg (1656–1738), Dobrilugk became a secondary residence and entered a new phase of prosperity.
References:Radimlja is a stećak (monumental medieval tombstones, that lie scattered across Bosnia and Herzegovina) necropolis located near Stolac. The necropolis is one of the most valuable monuments of the mediaeval period in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The majority of its stećak tombstones date from the 1480s through the 16th century, as evidenced by the epitaph on one of the tombstones. This was the period when the family Miloradović-Stjepanović from genus Hrabren lived in the settlement located on near hill Ošanići. At the time the location was known as Batnoge, and the creation of the necropolis coincides with the rise of this noble family.
The necropolis includes 133 stećci. When the Čapljina-Stolac road was built during the Austro-Hungarian period in 1882, it ran through the necropolis and destroyed at least 15-20 tombstones.