• 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
  • Exhibition “Cultural landscape as European heritage”

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

    What is a Cistercian monastery landscape? An exhibition in the old town hall of Zwettl explores this question. This presentation is freely accessible to all interested parties until fall 2025. The exhibition is accompanied by materials for different age groups, which can be used to playfully explore the elements of a monastery landscape. Curious?

  • Heilsbronn: Of night watchmen and towers

    Night watchmen and doormen once ensured safety and order - follow our Heilsbronn night watchman on her new tour. Costume tour with Christine Diefenbacher. Meeting point: Glass elevator, Hauptstraße 5, Heilsbronn. Organizer: Evangelical Lutheran Parish Office, Heilsbronn Cultural Office. Photo: Night watchman Christine Diefenbacher © Ralf Hanisch.    

    Euro6
  • Book presentation: The Abbey Library in Waldsassen

    Waldsassen House of Art

    The Abbey Library in Waldsassen Studies on history, inventory and reception Book presentation by Dr. Georg Schrott, Sprockhövel, and Christian Malzer M.A., Würzburg Venue: Waldsassen, Kunsthaus Waldsassen, Kunstgasse 1 The Waldsassen Abbey Library is a double phenomenon: as the famous hall with its life-size limewood atlases, the interpretation of which has still not come to

  • ONLINE lecture “Does monastic craft training have a future?”

    ONLINE

    The motto of the Klosterland relay is: "Education and monasteries" and invites you to immerse yourself in various areas of monastic culture. Our KLOSTERLAND member Dr. Felicitas von Aretin (journalist and author) and her discussion partners, who come from very different monasteries, will bring the diversity of monastic worlds to life on the respective salon

  • 7th INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF CISTERCIAN ABBEYS, Portugal, 21-22 NOV 2025

    Monastery of Alcobaça Praça 25 de Abril, 2460-018 Alcobaça Praça 25 de Abril, Alcobaça, Centro, Portugal

    CELEBRATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY promoting inclusion! On the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions and the Faro Convention 2005 - 2025 For more information see the program..: Free admission, by pre-registration via email: comunicacao.malcobaca@museusemonumentos.pt Organização | Organization: Museus e Monumentos de Portugal. E.P.E.:/ Mosteiro de Alcobaça

  • Maria Bildhausen Monastery: Bildhausen Christmas Bazaar

    Maria Bildhausen Monastery Maria Bildhausen 1, Münnerstadt, Deutschland

    This year, the Christmas bazaar will once again take place in the extensive monastery grounds. Visitors can stroll around without any crowds and enjoy getting in the mood for the upcoming Advent and Christmas season. "Getting in the mood for Advent" Pre-Christmas atmosphere at Maria Bildhausen Monastery On Saturday, 22.11.2025, from 1 p.m. to 7

  • Heilsbronn: Guided tour “Open wide the gates”

    Musical guided tour of the cathedral during Advent with the Sopranetten. Location: Heilsbronn Minster, Münsterplatz 1, 91560 Heilsbronn. Further information at: https://www.heilsbronn.de/de/kultur-tourismus/fuehrungen/terminfuehrungen Organizer: Evang.-Luth.-Pfarramt, Kulturamt Heilsbronn. Photo: Guided tours, Sopranetten © Wolfgang Burger

  • Heilsbronn: Guided tour with lights

    Hundreds of candles bathe the cathedral in a romantic and mysterious glow - an experience for the senses and soul with Jutta Gruber. Location: Heilsbronn Minster, Münsterplatz 1, 91560 Heilsbronn More information at: https://www.heilsbronn.de/de/kultur-tourismus/fuehrungen/terminfuehrungen Photo: Lichterfuehrung-im-Muenster-mit-J.-Gruber-©Berning.    

  • Heilsbronn: Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae – Peregrina and the heavenly messengers

    Cistercian nun Peregrina von Frauental takes you into the world of heavenly messengers and traces the angels in the cathedral. Costume tour with Christine Diefenbacher. Location: Münster Heilsbronn, Münsterplatz 1, 91560 Heilsbronn. More information at: https://www.heilsbronn.de/de/kultur-tourismus/fuehrungen/terminfuehrungen Organizer: Evangelical Lutheran Parish Office, Cultural Office Heilsbronn Photo: Christine Diefenbacher, nun Peregrina, tour guide © Fotostudio Lichtblick  

    €6