European Charter of Cistercian Abbeys and Places

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The European Charter of Cistercian Abbeys and Places has been a multilingual association of owners and / or operators of publicly accessible Cistercian abbeys or monasteries for the care of Cistercian culture and history since 1993 .

society

assignment

The 1988 pontigny abbey formed and officially founded in 1993, company European Charter of Cistercian Abbeys and sites (French: Charte Européenne des Abbayes et sites Cisterciens , English: European charter of the Cistercian Abbeys and Sites ) is a European network of abbeys and monastery sites to promote of Cistercian monastic tourism. The company ensures that the Cistercian cultural heritage is preserved and made known. The declared goal is the preservation, valorization and passing on of Cistercian cultural assets, taking into account the respective genius loci . The company works in the areas of education (information for the tourist public, training of guides) and historical and archaeological research, as well as in the exchange of experience and knowledge.

Members

In 2016 the charter had 202 members from eleven European countries, mostly monasteries without today's monastic settlement. More than half of the members are French. The following German sites are currently members: Altenberg , Altzella , Anrode , Arnsburg , Bebenhausen , Bredelar , Bronnbach (populated), Buch , Disibodenberg , Doberan , Eberbach , Ebrach , Frauental , Haina , Hardehausen , Heiligkreuztal , Heisterbach , Herrenalb , Himmerod (populated) , Ihlow , Kamp , Marienstatt (populated), Marienthal , Maulbronn , Neukloster , Salem , Schöntal , Schulpforta / gate , Waldsassen (populated).

activities

Since 1988, the members have met for an annual general assembly at one of the monastery locations (2016 in Bronnbach, for the first time in Germany). The association maintains a website and publishes a bulletin under the title Bulletin de la Charte , the 64th issue of which was published in June 2016. In 2012, he published a book of pictures and texts on the member sites at the time, with a foreword by co-founder Jean-François Leroux-Dhuys (* 1934) and a greeting from the then President of the European Council , Herman Van Rompuy .

literature

  • Sites cisterciens d'Europe. Cistercian Sites in Europe. Edition Charte européenne des Abbayes et Sites cisterciens, Antwerp 2012 (bilingual French and English).

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