Saint Peter and Paul (Magdeburg)

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Saints Peter and Paul was a collegiate in today Magdeburg belonging Neustadt .

The foundation of the monastery took place in 1200 by the Archbishop of Magdeburg , Ludolf von Kroppenstedt . Initially, the facility was located south of Magdeburg Cathedral in what was then the Sudenburg . In the years 1228/1229 the monastery was united under Archbishop Albrecht I von Käfernburg with the monasteries relocated from Hundisburg and Seeburg to the northern suburb of Magdeburg, the Neustadt. Since then, the location of the complex has been the Neustadt, roughly in the area of ​​today's Peter-Paul-Straße , named after the monastery . Geographical location (estimated): 52 ° 8 '38.8 "  N , 11 ° 39' 16.6"  O coordinates: 52 ° 8 '38.8 "  N , 11 ° 39' 16.6"  O .

The monastery owned properties in the vicinity, at least in Olvenstedt .

When Magdeburg was destroyed in the Thirty Years War , the Peter and Paul Monastery was also destroyed.

literature

  • Gottfried Wentz / Berent Schwineköper : Germania Sacra. The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Magdeburg, Part 1: The St. Moritz Cathedral Monastery in Magdeburg. Berlin 1972, and part 2: The collegiate donors St. Sebastian, St. Nicolai, St. Peter and St. Paul and St. Gandolf in Magdeburg. Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-11-001811-X , pp. 745-788.

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