Calenberg monasteries

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The five monasteries in the Calenberger Land that are administered by the Hanover Monastery Chamber are referred to as Calenberg monasteries . The monasteries date from the Middle Ages and were mostly founded between the 12th and 13th centuries. They are mainly women's pencils. The monasteries are part of the General Hanover Monastery Fund, a public law foundation with ecclesiastical, social and cultural purpose.

That includes

photos

  • Barsinghausen Monastery

  • Mariensee monastery church

  • Marienwerder Monastery

  • Wennigsen Monastery

  • Wülfinghausen monastery church from the inside

literature

  • Hans Werner Dannowski : Monastery trips. Between Harz and Heide, Weser and Leine. Schlütersche Verlagsanstalt, Hanover 2003, ISBN 3-87706-696-8 .
  • Nicolaus Heutger: Lower Saxon religious houses and monasteries. History and present. Lectures and research (= research on the history of the order in Lower Saxony. Vol. 7). Lukas-Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86732-038-2 .

Web links

Commons : Calenberger Klöster  - Collection of images, videos and audio files