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Start of the season
Zwettl Monastery Zwettl Abbey 1, ZwettlZwettl 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".
Exhibition “Cultural landscape as European heritage”
Old town hall Zwettl Sparkassenplatz 3, ZwettlWhat is a Cistercian monastery landscape? An exhibition in the old town hall of Zwettl explores this question. In fall 2024, this presentation will be freely accessible to all interested parties. The exhibition is accompanied by materials for different age groups, which can be used to playfully explore the elements of a monastery landscape. Curious?
Cistercian market Koppenwind
Koppenwind Castle RauhenebrachOn Sunday, 12.10.25, 10 am - 6 pm, our Cisterscapes project will be represented with a stand at the Cistercian market in Koppenwind. The market will take place on the village square and in the courtyard of the castle. You can expect around 35 market stalls with all kinds of goodies and useful items, monastery products from the Cisterscapes partner sites will be presented and marketed, there will be a children's program and entertainment will be provided by the threshing group from Treppendorf and the Ebrachtal hunting horn players.
Heilsbronn: Monastery gossip around 1500 in Heilsbronn
On a one-hour walk through the monastery town of Heilsbronn, you will meet the nun Peregrina, the maid Helga and Electress Anna. Find out what the three women experienced in Heilsbronn around 1500. Costume tour with Christine Diefenbacher, Helga Röschinger and Karin Hanisch. Meeting point: Glass elevator, Hauptstraße 5, 91560 Heilsbronn. Organizer: Evangelical Lutheran Parish Office, Heilsbronn Cultural Office. More information at: https://www.heilsbronn.de/de/kultur-tourismus/fuehrungen/terminfuehrungen Photo: City of Heilsbronn tour guide ©Hanisch
Heilsbronn: Peregrina parlat – a nun gives an insight
Nun Peregrina von Frauental guides you through the mysterious chambers of the New Abbey and talks about monastic life. Her topics are almost inexhaustible... Costume tour with Christine Diefenbacher. Location: Religious Education Center, Abteigasse 7, 91560 Heilsbronn. Organizer: Evangelical Lutheran Parish Office, Heilsbronn Cultural Office. More information at: https://www.heilsbronn.de/de/kultur-tourismus/fuehrungen/terminfuehrungen Photo: Christine Diefenbacher, nun Peregrina, tour guide © Fotostudio Lichtblick
