Kloster Gravenhorst
Former Cistercian convent in Hörstel, now the art center of the Steinfurt district with contemporary art and monastery history, free admission.
Om museet
The convent was founded in 1256 by the knight Konrad von Brochterbeck and his wife Amalgarde and populated with Cistercian nuns; their daughter became the first abbess. The Gothic convent church was completed around 1300. Nuns lived here for more than five centuries, until the convent was dissolved in 1808 following secularization.
The complex then went through a variety of uses: first a machine works was set up in the buildings, followed later by, among other things, a sugar beet factory, a hunting lodge, a camp for forced laborers and prisoners of war, housing for refugees and finally a mushroom farm.
In 1986 a sponsoring association acquired the site, and in the late 1990s the Steinfurt district took over responsibility. After renovation between 2000 and 2004, DA, Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst opened in May 2004. The name stands for "Denk-Mal-Atelier" (think-of-a-monument studio): contemporary art is meant to be created and experienced here in dialogue with the historic site.
Since 2005 the house has awarded a project grant for communicative art projects aimed at a broad regional audience. Besides exhibitions there is a historical presentation on the convent's history, art festivals, concerts and educational programs; the convent grounds are freely accessible at all times.
Højdepunkter
- Convent complex from 1256 with Gothic church and preserved chapter house
- Contemporary art in a historic convent
- Project grant KunstKommunikation
- Tactile "Parcours der Nichtsehenswürdigkeiten"
- Freely accessible convent grounds and Café Clara
Permanente udstillinger
- Historische Präsentation – Insights into more than 750 years of the convent's eventful history, from Cistercian nuns' community to its present use for art.
- Grundlagt
- 2004
- Ejer
- Kreis Steinfurt
Entrépriser & rabatter
Der er gratis entré.
Visiting the exhibitions is free. Payment on site (e.g., for workshops) by card or on invoice only, no cash.
Tilgængelighed
- Kørestolsvenlig
- Elevator
- Handicaptoilet
- Handicapparkering
- Servicehunde tilladt
- Taktile tilbud
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
- Letlæste tilbud
- Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger
Step-free access via the side entrance with doorbell; elevator to the exhibition rooms, mobile museum stools, accessible restroom. Induction loop for events in the hall. Tactile panels in the "Parcours der Nichtsehenswürdigkeiten", tours for people with disabilities by registration. Certified under "Reisen für Alle" (Travel for All).
Børn og familie
Velegnet til børn og familier
- Familieomvisninger & workshops
- Barnevognsvenlig
Art education workshops for children as well as theater tours for families.
Transport & parkering
I bil
Parkering muligt
Parking at the convent; accessible parking space on the south side of the grounds.
- Handicapparkering
By car via the A 30, exit Hörstel.
Planlæg ruteService & spisesteder
- Café
Café Clara: Tue–Fri 14:00–18:00, Sat, Sun and public holidays 10:00–18:00 (reduced in winter).
Arrangementer & udlejning
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Planlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja |
|---|---|
| Audioguide | ja (DE) |
| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Godt at vide | Tours of the exhibitions and history as well as staged theater tours on request. Free audio tour "Schlossgeflüster" online. For schools in the Steinfurt district, bus transfer is subsidized ("DA kommt der Bus"). |
