Lindow Monastery

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South side of a convent building
Cross at the location of the former high altar of the monastery church. In the background the convent building

Lindow Monastery is located on the Wutzsee in the town of Lindow (Mark) , in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district in Brandenburg .

history

The founding of the monastery was around 1230 as a Cistercian monastery by the Counts of Arnstein as owners of the Ruppin estate , whose home monastery was Lindow. With the death of the last Count of Lindow-Ruppin , the monastery fell to the Mark Brandenburg in 1524 . At that time it was one of the richest monasteries in the Mark, its possessions included 90,000 acres of land, 18 villages, 20 desert landmarks, nine water mills, several fish ponds and lakes, including the Great Stechlinsee .

With the Reformation in 1542, the monastery was used as a Protestant women's monastery . In the Thirty Years War (1638) the monastery complex was destroyed by imperial troops.

Some of the old monastery buildings are still in ruins. The building of the old monastery school from the 15th century is well preserved to this day, as is the old wash house. The former monastery is surrounded by a park in which there is the old monastery cemetery with historical tombstones of canonesses. The monastery complex serves cultural, especially musical purposes.

Garden of the Book

The garden of the book is a Judeo-Christian-Muslim teaching and show garden in Lindow Monastery. It was created on behalf of the monastery monastery and shows around seventy plant species from the Tanakh , the Bible and the Koran . It was opened by Martina Münch on June 26, 2019 .

concept

The multi-religious approach serves to particularly discover similarities and connections between the Abrahamic religions and cultures and thereby to break down prejudices. The concept within the tourist gardens is based on the idea of ​​the Abrahamic roots of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The “book” was therefore chosen as the name for the garden. What is meant is the Holy Scriptures Tanakh, Bible and Koran. Plants have been chosen as the connecting element between the religions.

Garden area

In the center there is an accessible labyrinth, which is based on the Labyrinth of Chartres . The path of the beholder indicates the pace of life. The way out of the labyrinth leads to a triple grafted apple tree.

Accessibility

The garden is designed for people with restricted mobility, and signs are in Braille and with plant relief.

Lindow Monastery in literature

Lindow Monastery was the model for Wutz Monastery in Theodor Fontane's novel Der Stechlin . It is also mentioned in Fontane's walks through the Mark Brandenburg .

literature

  • Werner Dumann: The Lindow Monastery. From the beginning to the present and the importance for the city of Lindow . Published by the Evangelical Church Community of Lindow. RVR, Ruppin 1995.
  • Max Neumann: Lindow Monastery. Contributions to its history and building history . Kitzing, Neuruppin & Lindow 1937.

Web links

Commons : Kloster Lindow  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information boards at the entrance to the monastery grounds
  2. ↑ Interreligious "Garden of the Book" in Brandenburg opened on evangelisch.de , as seen on July 14, 2019

Coordinates: 52 ° 58 ′ 23.1 ″  N , 12 ° 59 ′ 31.2 ″  E