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

Libraries as places of European history: Waldsassen - Library of the Cistercians and Königswart Castle - Library of Prince Klemens Metternich The two EKS sites, Königswart Castle and cisterscapes-Waldsassen, have worked together to develop a program aimed at young people aged between 10 and 16 from Germany and the Czech Republic and to connect them

2025 offers a variety of guided tours and hikes through the monastery landscape. More information on guided tours, dates and registration here: Monastery landscape tours 2025-2

Living (more) sustainably is a central concern of the present day. In the Cistercian order, living with and from nature as well as the sensible use of regional resources was necessary to ensure the long-term success of the order. A museum case, which can be borrowed free of charge, uses three stations to show learners

Our monastery landscape guides will be happy to show you the monastery landscape of the Stiftland. More detailed information will follow shortly!   Non-binding pre-registration already possible at: martina.zanner@ikomstiftland.de | 09632 9247349   Here is our offer for you: Hikes through the monastery landscape (Bad Neualbenreuth, 12.04.2025, 13.09.2025; Waldsassen 29.05.2025, 19.06.2025, 18.10.2025; Tirschenreuth 09.08.2025; each

Since October, the wait is over and the European Heritage Label is now also visible in Stiftland. On October 17, Bamberg District Administrator Johann Kalb presented the European Heritage Label to Abbess Laetitia Fech OCist, Tirschenreuth District Administrator Roland Grillmeier and the mayors of the IKom municipalities. The Bamberg District Administrator was delighted to bring

Linger and enjoy the monastery landscape! Throughout the seasons, a total of ten landscape frames in Stiftland invite you to pause and take in a section of the landscape set in a kind of picture frame. The aim is not only to convey the beauty of the monastery landscape shaped by the Cistercians over the

A morne, digital tour for smartphones provides information about the Cistercian order in Stiftland. The guide "Cistercians shape the Stiftland - on the trail of the order in the district of Tirschenreuth" can be downloaded free of charge to any smartphone in the Hearonymus app. The audio guide, which lasts around 70 minutes, tells in