Kloster Mariensee
Appearance
Cistercian Abbey Mariensee | |
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Location: | Germany Lower Saxony |
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Patrocinium: | St. Mary |
Year of Founding: | 1206 |
Lutheran Stift since: | 1543 |
The Kloster Mariensee (i.e. Mariensee Convent) is an Evangelical Lutheran women's convent in Mariensee, a district of Neustadt am Rübenberge close to Hanover. It is one of five Calenberg Convents, which are administered by the Klosterkammer Hannover.
History
[edit]The Kloster Mariensee was founded in 1207 as a Cistercian women's monastery by Bernard II, Count of Wölpe[1] and endowed with a vast landownership.
Furnishings
[edit]Tapestry „Das Jüngste Gericht“ (The Judgment Day)
Literature
[edit]- Ernst Andreas Friedrich: Wenn Steine reden könnten. Band IV. Landbuch-Verlag, Hannover 1998, ISBN 3-7842-0558-5
- Bärbel Görcke: Kloster Mariensee. In: Evangelische Klöster in Niedersachsen. Rostock 2008, ISBN 978-3-356-01249-1
- Wilhelm von Hodenberg (Hrsg.): Archiv des Klosters Mariensee (= Calenberger Urkundenbuch; 5. Abtheilung). Jänecke, Hannover 1858 (uni-goettingen.de)
References
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