 At about the same time a monastic foundation was settled here, the later Børglum Abbey, although there is little information about its exact nature.In about 1180 the Premonstratensian canons of Steinfeld Abbey in Germany settled here.In about 1220 the Bishop of Børglum made the abbey his seat; the abbey church became the cathedral of the diocese, and its canons formed the diocesan chapter with power to elect the bishop.