With a training course for members of the European Network of Cistercian Heritage and an expert presentation by Dr. Thomas Büttner at the two-day conference (21/22.11.2025), Cisterscapes/Landkreis Bamberg was a guest for the third time at this top-class meeting with partners from all over Europe. Representatives of the Altenberg, Kostanjevica na Krki and Waldsassen monasteries
The Cisterscapes WEB-GIS database www.database.cisterscapes.eu currently contains around 2,750 elements from a total of 19 monastic landscapes. 17 landscapes alone are part of the Cisterscapes network, which has been awarded the European Heritage Label since 2024. The database also includes elements from "external" partners: currently from the Morimond Monastery Landscape in France and the Alcobaça
Ms. Wildung, Director of the European Heritage Site Altenberg, was invited to speak at the 7th International Meeting of Cistercian Abbeys in Alcobaça/Portugal on the topic "The European Heritage Label Site Altenberg: Europe's Cistercian Jewel and the Heart of the Bergisches RheinLand".
On October 23 and 24, the European Heritage Label (EHL) site Cisterscapes - Cistercian Landscapes Connecting Europe hosted a regional meeting of EHL sites from Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. At the invitation of the National Coordinator for the EKS in Germany, the event brought together representatives of the EKS sites and the government
In 1724, the newly elected Abbot Eugen Schmid arranged for the establishment of the Waldsassen Abbey Library, whose charming interior attracts thousands of tourists every year. To mark the occasion, the research volume "Die Stiftsbibliothek in Waldsassen. Studies on history, holdings and reception". On October 17, the editor Georg Schrott and one of the co-authors,
The symposium at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg marked the conclusion and also the highlight of the transnational cooperation project "Culinary Heritage of the Cistercians in Central Europe" (funded by Creative Europe). The three-day program with specialist lectures, workshops and excursions offered an exciting insight into the topic. A highlight of the conference was
There is now even more to discover on the digital monastery landscape map: In addition to the spiritual center, Waldsassen Monastery, the Fischhof in Tirschenreuth now also appears as a 3D model. Tirschenreuth was the secular center of Stiftland. On the one hand, pond farming was coordinated here and, on the other, the Fischhof served
For two weeks, 15 young adults from ten nations came together for an international work camp in Maulbronn. With rakes, spades and plenty of motivation, they tackled branches, leaves and sediment to make the extensive Cistercian water management system, an important part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, visible again. What at first glance appears
Pupils from the girls' secondary school at the Cistercian abbey in Waldsassen and from Dolní Žandov quickly got to know each other during the project day in Waldsassen. After a short introduction in the former refectory of the Cistercian monks, which was particularly impressive for the Czech guests, the 50 or so young people visited
Those responsible for the two EKS sites, Cisterscapes-Waldsassen and Königswart Castle, had invited visitors to a very extensive and varied program. Both days began with an explanation of why each site was awarded the European Heritage Label. Building on this, Metternich's vision of European security and peace was explained in Königswart, while the European idea
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