Bursfelde Abbey
Former abbey of Saint Benedict in Bursfelde in Lower Saxony, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bursfelde Abbey (in German Kloster Bursfelde) is a former Benedictine monastery located in Bursfelde, a hamlet which for administrative purposes is included in the municipality of nearby Hannoversch Münden in Lower Saxony, Germany. Today the abbey church and its estate cover a site of approximately 300 hectares which is administered by the Klosterkammer Hannover, a body that operates under the auspices of the Lower Saxony Ministry for Arts and the Sciences [de] to look after reassigned or disused ecclesiastical buildings and other heritage properties in the region. The legal owner of the Bursfelde Monastery Complex ("Zentrums Kloster Bursfelde") is the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover.[1][2][3]
Monastery information | |
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Order | Benedictine |
Established | 1093 |
Disestablished | 1579 |
Mother house | Corvey Abbey |
People | |
Founder(s) | Heinrich of Northeim |
Site | |
Location | Bursfelde, Lower Saxony, Germany |
Visible remains | only the church, new towers were built in the 19th century |
Public access | yes |