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Bosjökloster (English: Bosjö Abbey) on the shore of Lake Ringsjön in Höör Municipality Scania southern Sweden was originally a nunnery founded in 1080 by the Benedictine Order. The oldest preserved document that mentions Bosjö Abbey was written by Pope Lucius III in 1181 when he confirmed its privileges. According to local legend the land was donated by Tord Thott the first known ancestor of the Scanian noble family Thott.

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