cisterscapes

Following the EHL award ceremony in Antwerp, our Cisterscapes network is about to reach another festive milestone: the opening of the "Cistercian Landscape" information center in the former orangery of the upper abbey garden in Ebrach on 22 September 2024. The unveiling of the seal plaque and the opening of the center are embedded in

For many centuries, the Cistercian monks shaped the landscape around the monastery. Traces of this cultural landscape have been preserved to this day and represent an important cultural-historical testimony. The walk leads from the farmstead with the monastery mill via the monastery vineyard, the quarries and the deep lake to the Schafhof, a former Maulbronn

For almost 900 years now, the monks of Rein have been preserving the legacy of their founder, Leopold, Margrave of Steyr. In addition to the monastery forest, the green lung of the region, these are also cultural assets of inestimable historical value. Witnesses to the history of Styria and a water supply system that was

Conference in cooperation with the citizens' association Schmie e.V. (part of Maulbronn) on the Württemberger Landgraben. This moat cut through the Maulbronn monastery landscape and is one of the early changes in the former cultural landscape of the Cistercians that can still be seen today. Due to its good fortifications, Maulbronn itself was also considered

Cistercian market on the village square and in the inner courtyard of the castle. Large children's playground right next to the market. Pony rides for the children. Visitors can expect around 35 market stalls with all kinds of goodies and useful items. Monastery products, Cistercian beer on tap, large coffee bar with homemade cakes, tarts

Lecture series "Exhibiting religion" Religions are not only expressed in scriptures and teachings. They are also holistic spaces of experience with rites and practices that on the one hand serve self-assurance within the religious community, but on the other hand also make it visible to the outside world. The symposium explores the question of how