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  • Ceremonial opening of the “Cistercian Way” in Zwettl

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

    In the footsteps of the monks in Zwettl On Saturday, October 5, 2024, the section in Zwettl will be ceremoniously opened. Before the actual ceremony, Abbot Fr. Johannes Maria Szypulski will give a pilgrimage blessing at 10 a.m. in the . After the unveiling of a stele, guests accompanied by a hiking guide follow in

  • Maulbronn: Conference “The Württemberger Landgraben in the Maulbronn area”

    Schmie gymnasium Glaitstrasse39, Maulbronn

    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

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  • Koppenwind: Cistercian market

    Koppenwind Castle Rauhenebrach, Deutschland

    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

  • Michaelstein Monastery: “Exhibiting religion 2024”

    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

  • European cultural heritage staged

    Waldsassen Monastery

    From October 17 - 19, 2024, the awarding of the European Heritage Label will be celebrated in Waldsassen with an impressive light show. The heritage of the Cistercians is staged on a huge water screen around the monastery complex and their buildings shine in a special light. In addition to this illumination (from 19:00 -

  • Monastery landscape tours October 2024

    Waldsassen Monastery

    If you would like to explore the monastery and cultural landscape of the Stiftland, you are cordially invited to join one of the three guided tours through the monastery town of Waldsassen or the Stiftland with our monastery landscape guides. Thursday, 17.10.2024, 15.00: (Almost) along the monastery wall - monastery landscape in the monastery town

  • Autumn excursion to Gobelsburg Castle and Röhrenbach

    Gobelsburg Castle and Röhrenbach Valley Church

    Wine has always played an important role for the Cistercians - and not just for liturgical use. As early as 1171, the Zwettler monks were therefore given vineyards in Gobelsburg. The castle and cellar (especially the newly built, artistically designed cloister cellar) show the strong connection with the monastery and its tradition. On 16 November

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  • Waldviertel carp – tried and tested and served in a new way

    Wurmhof Thaller Oberhof 28, Zwettl, Lower Austria, Österreich

    The Zwettl Adult Education Center is organizing a cooking seminar on 21 November 2024 in cooperation with Cisterscapes, in which carp can be rediscovered . Together with Gaby Thaller (seminar farmer), participants will prepare and eat potato dumplings with carp caviar, carp on a bed of millet, carp and potato skewers and carp lasagne. During

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  • Lecture: Cistercians as organic pioneers?

    Waldsassen Monastery

    Wednesday, 15.01.2025; 19.00 hrs; Kunsthaus Waldsassen Speakers: Antje Grüner, IKom Stiftland | Project Manager Öko-Modellregion; Martina Zanner, IKom Stiftland | Project Manager European Heritage Label Cistercian Monastery and Cultural Landscape in Stiftland Sustainability and respect for nature have not only been an issue since the increasing awareness of climate change. Industrial progress and the belief

  • Waldsassen: Film screenings with lecture “Cisterscapes” – landscape film

    Girls' secondary school of the Cistercian nuns Waldsassen - AULA Basilica Square 2, Waldsassen

    Film screenings "Cisterscapes" Landscape film with lecture by Stefan Wolters on 23.01.25 in the girls' secondary school of the Cistercian nuns in Waldsassen. Mornings: 10:45 - 12:45 for pupils as part of lessons, auditorium of the girls' secondary school. Evenings: from 19:00 for parents, friends of the secondary school and interested visitors, auditorium of the

  • Special film screening “Landscapes of the Cistercians”

    We cordially invite you to a special screening of the film "Landscapes of the Cistercians" in the auditorium of the Waldsassen girls' secondary school! Filmmaker David Sünderhauf will introduce his film production. Finally, Stefan Wolters (Head of Bärnau Archaeology Park) will provide information about building in the Middle Ages.