as 1800 over 1,000 wagonloads of brick and stone were removed from the site, so that now even the foundation stones have vanished. Excavations in the 1920s by the National Museum of Denmark found the site and a few burials. Perhaps the most important find was the seal of Chancellor Valdemar Podebusk who became a Franciscan before his death and burial at Nysted. The site has been reused for modern building purposes. References This article is based on the equivalent on the Danish Wikipedia Franciscan monasteries in Denmark History of Lolland