The history of the monastery
Stained glass window in the Nuns’ Choir (1483)
Anno 1787
At the Tool Shed opposite the Long House
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before 986 |
Founded as a House of Canonesses by Count Wale and his wife Odelinth The first abbess was probably their daughter Mechthildis. |
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986 |
Earliest recorded reference on the occasion of a donation by Otto III, King of Saxony. |
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1255 |
Earliest introduction of the Benedictine rule. |
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1482 |
Erneute Einführung der Benediktineregel durch Anna von Nassau, Schwiegertochter des Herzogs Friedrich d. Ä. von Braunschweig und Lüneburg |
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1482 |
Renewed introduction of the Benedictine rule by Anna von Nassau, daughter-in-law of Duke Friedrich the Elder of Brunswick and Luneburg. |
