Maulbronn/Stromberg Monastery Landscape: “European Heritage Label for Cistercian Cultural Landscapes” ceremony and reception

Maulbronn Town Hall (former fruit cellar of Maulbronn Monastery)

Ceremony and reception to mark the receipt of the European Heritage Label for Cistercian Cultural Landscapes "Cisterscapes connecting Europe" and the inauguration of the reconstruction of the Gothic wayside shrine in the Maulbronn Old Cemetery on Sunday, March 16, 2025, at 11 a.m. in the Maulbronn Town Hall (former fruit cellar of Maulbronn Monastery). Participation

Start of the season

Zwettl Monastery Zwettl Abbey 1, Zwettl, Lower Austria, Österreich

Zwettl Abbey starts the new tourist season on Palm Sunday. From now on, guided tours of the monastery will once again take place daily. On tour three, which leads into the baroque library with its magnificent frescoes by Paul Troger, visitors can also see the special exhibition "Cisterscapes - we are European cultural heritage".

$12,50

The foundation of monasteries in the Middle Ages using the example of Zwettl Abbey

Festsaal Raiffeisenbank Waldviertel Mitte Country road 23, Zwettl, Lower Austria, Österreich

In his lecture, Franz Ettmayer also describes the influence of territorial and ecclesiastical personalities on the fate of our country. After the political order of Charlemagne, the Carolingian Empire began to disintegrate. Before and after the turn of the millennium, political reorganization began between the Enns and the Vienna Woods and north of the Danube.

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Opening of special exhibitions “Time and Eternity” and “Cisterscapes – we are European cultural heritage”

Old town hall Zwettl Sparkassenplatz 3, Zwettl, Lower Austria, Österreich

As part of the Lower Austrian Museum Spring on 3. and May 4, 2025, the special exhibition "Time and Eternity" and "Cisterscapes - we are European cultural heritage" will be ceremoniously opened in the Old Town Hall of Zwettl. There are special guided tours through the special exhibitions and a varied children's program. The Zwettl

Loccum Monastery: 31st ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EVANGELIC CHISTER CENSERY COMMUNITY

Loccum Monastery , Deutschland

Once again, the community of Cistercian heirs in Germany has been invited to an annual meeting at the Cistercian monastery of Loccum, founded in 1163. The abbot of the monastery, Bishop Ralf Meister, has initiated this meeting in Loccum himself and is looking forward to our coming together with the whole team of the monastery.

Spring excursion: pilgrimage church of St. Thomas in Dachsgraben, Pötzles quarry, Döllersheim

Zwettl fire station Kremser Street 11, Zwettl, Lower Austria, Österreich

The monastery landscape of Zwettl Abbey, which has been awarded the European Heritage Label, also includes elements that are located on the site of today's military training area. These include the former pilgrimage church of St. Thomas in Dachsgraben, which was abandoned under Emperor Joseph II and possibly dates back to pre-Christian cults. The excursion

$39

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