Cistercian Abbey Mariensee
Location:Germany
Lower Saxony
Serial Number
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Patrocinium:St. Mary
Year of Founding:1206
Lutheran Stift since:1543

The Kloster Mariensee (i.e. Mariensee Convent) is an Evangelical Lutheran women's convent in Mariensee, a district of Neustadt am Rübenberge close to Hanover. It is one of five Calenberg Convents, which are administered by the Klosterkammer Hannover.

History

The Kloster Mariensee was founded in 1207 as a Cistercian women's monastery by Bernard II, Count of Wölpe[1] and endowed with a vast landownership.

Furnishings

Tapestry „Das Jüngste Gericht“ (The Judgment Day)

Literature

  • Ernst Andreas Friedrich: Wenn Steine reden könnten. Band IV. Landbuch-Verlag, Hannover 1998, ISBN 3-7842-0558-5
  • Bärbel Görcke: Kloster Mariensee. In: Evangelische Klöster in Niedersachsen. Rostock 2008, ISBN 978-3-356-01249-1
  • Wilhelm von Hodenberg (Hrsg.): Archiv des Klosters Mariensee (= Calenberger Urkundenbuch; 5. Abtheilung). Jänecke, Hannover 1858 (uni-goettingen.de)

References

52°33′31″N 9°29′12″E / 52.55861°N 9.48667°E / 52.55861; 9.48667

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