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  • Pfortens spring market

    Besucherzentrum der Stiftung Schulpforta Schulstraße 26, Naumburg OT Bad Kösen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

    The Pfortens spring market kicks off the season with a variety of arts and crafts, handmade products, food and drink. The highlight of this year's market: our monastery landscape guide Saskia Hellmund will present the ancient craft of weaving with her loom and invites you to join in!

  • Monastery landscape hike: borderline case Frais(ch)

    Borderline case Frais(ch) - split between Waldsassen Monastery and the imperial town of Eger NATURpur tour: In the footsteps of the Cistercians VI For almost 400 years, Neualbenreuth was characterized by alternating rule, torn apart and yet united as a result. Embark on a journey through a landscape of contradictions and peculiarities, with visible remains

    €8,00

  • The Cistercians – masters of hydraulic engineering on the Saale

    Besucherzentrum der Stiftung Schulpforta Schulstraße 26, Naumburg OT Bad Kösen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

    Follow in the footsteps of the great landscape designers of the Middle Ages on this guided hike: Bad Kösen, the Saalhäuser vineyards, the fish house and the mill near Almrich are included along the Kleine Saale. A varied circular route that impressively demonstrates the far-reaching work of the monks. The hike is very suitable for

  • Guided tour: (almost) along the monastery wall

    In accordance with the order's rule ORA et LABORA (Pray and Work), the tasks of the Cistercian monks were very varied, as can be seen from various places around the monastery in Waldsassen. Duration: approx. 2 hours; distance approx. 2.5 km Meeting point: Waldsassen, Diepoldbrunnen Fee: 5,00 € Minimum number of participants: 8 people; maximum

    €5,00

  • Course: Construction and reconstruction of a dry stone wall

    Stone by stone - Workshop: Construction and reconstruction of a dry stone wall Dry stone walls have been a defining element of our cultural landscape for centuries. Especially on steep slopes where vines are grown. They are not only functional, but also a piece of living history. The Maulbronn monastery vineyard is an outstanding example

  • Guided tour: Experience the monastery landscape in the monastery town

    According to the order's rule ORA et LABORA (Pray and Work), the tasks of the Cistercian monks were very varied, as can be seen from various places in the immediate vicinity of the monastery in Waldsassen.Duration: 2 hours; distance approx. 1.5 kmMeeting point: Waldsassen, DiepoldbrunnenFee: 5,00 €Minimum number of participants: 8 people; maximum 12 peopleLeader:

    €5,00

  • On the trail of the Cistercians – excursion to Pielenhofen

    On 09.05.2026, you can experience the traces of the Cistercian order in Pielenhofen an der Naab. Cistercian nuns first worked there before Cistercians prayed and worked in the legacy of the nuns during the Baroque period. More information on registration and program: Excursion Pielenhofen-3

  • Culinary hike in the Loccum monastery landscape

    Loccum Monastery , Deutschland

    On Saturday, May 9, 2026, a culinary hike will take place in the Loccum monastery landscape along the "Small Monastery Landscape Trail". Visitors are invited to combine nature, history and regional cuisine. The occasion is the ceremonial unveiling of the European Heritage Label. The award is associated with the European cooperation project Cisterscapes - Cistercian

  • Pforte Literarisch – The gateway to the arts

    Besucherzentrum der Stiftung Schulpforta Schulstraße 26, Naumburg OT Bad Kösen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

    This themed tour is filled with prose and poetry, with literary memories. The texts come from former pupils from the beginning of the school's history to the present day. Erdmann Neumeister, for example, was one of the most important cantata poets and theologians of the Baroque period. Well-known authors of the Enlightenment and the late