Kloster Medingen
Protestant women's foundation near Bad Bevensen with an early neoclassical convent building and domed church, open for tours led by the foundation's ladies.
Om museet
The convent's beginnings go back to 1228, when a Cistercian brother and four nuns from Wolmirstedt founded a women's community under the patronage of Saint Maurice. After several changes of location, the convent finally settled in 1336 in the village of Zellensen, which was thereafter called Medingen. Many of the nuns came from wealthy Lüneburg families and brought rich endowments with them, including shares in the Lüneburg saltworks.
After a convent reform from 1479, the nuns wrote and illuminated precious personal prayer books; more than fifty of these Medingen manuscripts survive and are today scattered across libraries in Europe and America. In 1494 Medingen was elevated to an abbey; the first abbess, Margarete Puffen, had a magnificent abbess's staff made for the occasion, which is still used on special occasions today. The Reformation prevailed only after long resistance; since 1554 Medingen has been a Protestant women's foundation.
A major fire destroyed the residential buildings and parts of the cloister in 1781. A new complex in the early neoclassical style was built to plans by Christian Ludwig Ziegler, with its church consecrated in 1788: an H-shaped building with a bright domed rotunda in the center, without equal in northern Germany. The brick brewhouse still bears witness to the medieval convent.
Today Protestant women live in the foundation in a Christian community under the leadership of an abbess; the Klosterkammer Hannover looks after the complex. During the season the foundation's ladies guide visitors through the church and convent buildings.
Højdepunkter
- Early neoclassical H-shaped convent complex, unique in northern Germany
- St. Maurice convent church as a bright domed rotunda (consecrated 1788)
- Abbess's staff from 1494
- Medieval brick brewhouse
- Tours led by the foundation's ladies
- Grundlagt
- 1228
- Ejer
- Evangelisches Damenstift Kloster Medingen (Klosterkammer Hannover)
- Ledelse
- Dr. Kristin Püttmann (Äbtissin)
Entrépriser & rabatter
| Voksne | 5 € |
|---|---|
| Nedsat pris | 2,50 €Students as well as pupils aged 15 and over |
| Børn og unge | 2,50 €gratis til og med 14 år · Children up to 14 years free |
| Studerende og elever | 2,50 € |
| Grupper (fra 15 pers.) | 4 € pr. personStudent groups €2 per person |
All prices include the tour.
Tilgængelighed
- Kørestolsvenlig
- Elevator
- Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
- Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
- Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
- Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
- Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger
Mobile ramp in the entrance area and elevator; guests with limitations can take part in all tours.
Børn og familie
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Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Medinger Allee · 1 km
Nearest bus stop on Medinger Allee, about 1 km from the convent.
I bil
Gratis parkering
Free parking at the convent.
By car from Bevenser Straße via Mühlenstraße into Klosterweg.
Planlæg ruteService & spisesteder
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Arrangementer & udlejning
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Planlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja · varighed ca. 1,5 t. |
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| Godt at vide | Public tour Tue–Sun at 14:00 without registration. Group tours for 15 or more people by registration (tel. 0151 59140472, fuehrungen.medingen@freenet.de). |
