Boitzenburg monastery ruins
The Boitzenburg monastery ruins are the ruins of a Cistercian monastery that was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War . The ruin is located on the eastern edge of the village Boitzenburg , which is about 20 km west of Prenzlau and about 80 km north of Berlin in the Uckermark ( Brandenburg ).
The monastery was founded in 1271 by the Margraves Johann II, Otto IV and Konrad von Brandenburg and equipped with extensive property. Construction took place around the same time as the Chorin monastery was built . In 1281 it was merged with the Flieth Monastery. During the Reformation , the monastery was secularized in 1536 , but was retained as a building. In 1538 the bailiff of the Uckermark, Hans von Arnim, received the monastery property as a fief and granted the remaining nuns lifelong right of residence. During the Thirty Years War, the facility was destroyed by Danish troops in 1637 and never rebuilt. In the following centuries the building continued to deteriorate. The ruins and the surrounding land remained in the possession of the von Arnim family until 1945 .
Today the ruin is secured, protected from further deterioration and freely accessible. From 2005 to 2012 it served as a backdrop for performances at the Boitzenburg Monastery Ruin Theater in the summer .
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments. Brandenburg. Berlin, Munich 2000, ISBN 3422030549 , p. 98.
- Winfried Schich , Dirk Schumann, Blandine Wittkopp : Brandenburg monastery book. Volume I . In: Heinz-Dieter Heimann , Klaus Neitmann , Winfried Schich and others (eds.): Brandenburgisches Klosterbuch. Handbook of the monasteries, pens and commander by the mid-16th century . 2 volumes (= Klaus Neitmann on behalf of the Brandenburg Historical Commission and in connection with the Brandenburg State Main Archive [Hrsg.]: Brandenburg Historical Studies . Volume 14). 2nd Edition. Be.Bra Wissenschaft Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-937233-26-0 , Boitzenburg. Cistercian Sisters, S. 212-223 .
Web links
- Entry in the monument database of the State of Brandenburg
- Website of the theater ruined monastery Boitzenburg
- Brief history of the monastery
- Boitzenburg - Cistercian Sisters
Coordinates: 53 ° 15 ′ 57 ″ N , 13 ° 37 ′ 13 ″ E