Guided tour: baroque monastery garden
2025-06-06 16:00 - 17:30 (Europe/Berlin)

City of Maulbronn: Exhibition "The cold heart" glass art by Kerstin Müllerperth
2025-05-31 00:00 - 2025-06-15 00:00
The city of Maulbronn cordially invites you to the opening of the exhibition “The Cold Heart” glass art by Kerstin Müllerperth
on Friday, May 30, 2025 at 7.30 pm in the Maulbronn town hall (former fruit box of the Maulbronn monastery)
Welcome
Mayor Aaron Treut
Introduction
Martin Ehlers, Maulbronn City Archives
Music
Magdalena and
Marina Müllerperth, piano
Followed by a stand-up reception
The exhibition is open
from May 31 to June 15, 2025
Weekdays: 13.00-17.00
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays:
11.00-17.00
Kerstin Müllerperth, born in 1962, comes from the Greiner-Perth glassblowing dynasty in Türingen and continues the family tradition
on her own artistic path. Her delicately designed glass – sometimes sober and cool, sometimes Venetian and playful – has won prominent awards
. In addition to the highest level of craftsmanship, the art glassblower also needs the right intuition for the material in order to create glass pictures
from her thoughts. The pictures in the exhibition are based on Wilhelm Hauff’s fairy tale “The Cold Heart”, in which, on the one hand, the helpful little glass man promises redemption
and, on the other, the glassworks becomes the epitome of failure. Kerstin Müllerperth takes us on a fairytale journey into the mystical
Black Forest of the last century with mysterious forest spirits and multi-layered characters.
www.muellerperth.de

Monastery landscape hike: baroque highlights
2025-05-29 13:30 - 17:30

Spring excursion: pilgrimage church of St. Thomas in Dachsgraben, Pötzles quarry, Döllersheim
2025-05-24 09:00 - 15:30 | Zwettl fire station, Kremser Street 11, Zwettl, Lower Austria, 3910, Österreich
The monastery landscape of Zwettl Abbey, which has been awarded the European Heritage Label, also includes elements that are located on the site of today’s military training area. These include the former pilgrimage church of St. Thomas in Dachsgraben, which was abandoned under Emperor Joseph II and possibly dates back to pre-Christian cults.
The excursion participants take a bus to the Allentsteig military training area. Colonel Julius Schlapschy will give an introductory lecture at TÜPL. The group then visits the former pilgrimage church of St. Thomas in Dachsgraben and the quarry in Pötzles and Döllersheim. The excursion will be led by Dr. Andreas Gamerith.
The bus trip, guided tours and lecture as well as the cost of lunch are included in the price. Registrations can be made at the adult education center in Zwettl: 0043 28 22/ 503 187 or info@vhszwettl.at

Loccum Monastery: 31st ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EVANGELIC CHISTER CENSERY COMMUNITY
2025-05-11 14:00 - 2025-05-14 11:00 | Loccum Monastery, Deutschland
Once again, the community of Cistercian heirs in Germany has been invited to an annual meeting at the Cistercian monastery of Loccum, founded in 1163. The abbot of the monastery, Bishop Ralf Meister, has initiated this meeting in Loccum himself and is looking forward to our coming together with the whole team of the monastery. The state bishop will celebrate the opening service with us in the monastery church and speak to us about the office of abbot from a Protestant perspective as part of the conference.
Loccum Monastery is home to the seminary for vicar training for the four Lutheran churches in Lower Saxony and the Church of Bremen. Together with the Institute for Religious Education, the Pastoral College and the Protestant Academy, Loccum is an important place of education and dialog for the regional church of Hanover.
Addresses:
Tagungsstätte Loccum
Münchehäger Str. 6
31547 Rehburg-Loccum
Parking lot of the conference center and the institutes
www.tagungsstaette.loccum@evlka.de
Kloster Loccum, Kloster 2, 31547 Rehburg-Loccum
Navi: Marktstraße 9 – through the gatehouse
Parking lot on the monastery grounds, please drive through to the back
.
CONFERENCE COSTS
The conference costs (full board) are
420 € for a single room
730 € for a double room
Without accommodation, the rate per person is € 225.
We request € 50 from day guests if they take part in meals
. Please make a binding registration.
REGISTRATION
We look forward to receiving your registration by e-mail or post.
We request your binding registration by
by February 28, 2025. If you cancel later, we will unfortunately have to charge
a cancellation fee.
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Maria Bildhausen Monastery: Bildhausen Bicycle Day
2025-05-11 | Maria Bildhausen Monastery, Maria Bildhausen 1, Münnerstadt, 97702, Deutschland
The day begins at 10 a.m. with a blessing of bicycles, whether bicycles, Kettcar, wheelchairs or rollators.
The Bad Neustadt company “DER WOLF” presents numerous bicycles from various companies to visitors during the day, which can also be tested on site.
Program
Bildhäuser Bicycle Day
10:00 a.m. Liturgy of the Word and blessing of bicycles at the Bildhäuser barn – in case of unfavorable weather, liturgy of the Word in the church with musical accompaniment by alphorn players from Schwarze Berge

11:00-17:00 Festival and information stands about bicycles (Fahrrad Wolf, Verkehrswacht)

11:00 a.m. Bildhäuser tin drummers (monastery grounds)

11:00-17:00 Monastery store and nursery open!

from 11:00 a.m. Lunch (Bildhäuser Scheune and KlosterGasthof) Coffee & cake (Bildhäuser Scheune)

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Kleinwenkheim Music Society (open-air stage Bildhäuser Scheune) 2:00 p.m. Lecture 500 years Bildhäuser Haufen / Peasants’ War by Michael Böckler (Abteisaal) 2:00 p.m. Concert Kissinger Sängerbund (open-air stage Bildhäuser Scheune) 2:00 p.m. Guided tour of the historic orchard and bee garden (Project Man – Bee – Education) Meeting point at the bee house

16:00 Benefit concert with Böhmisch G`schtörd (open-air stage Bildhäuser Scheune)

Once again this year, the Bildhäuser Bicycle Day is all about bicycles.

Bike blessing
The day begins at 10 a.m. with a liturgy of the word and a blessing of bicycles, whether bicycles, Kettcar, wheelchairs or rollators. The Bad Neustadt company “DER WOLF” will be presenting numerous bicycles from various companies to visitors during the day, which can also be tested on site. The “Ride a bike, but safely!” campaign (a program of the German Road Safety Association) is carried out by the Bad Kissingen District Road Safety Association in cooperation with the Bad Kissingen Mobile Youth Traffic School.

Bildhäuser tin drummers
From 11 a.m. there will be a morning pint with the Bildhaus tin drummers in the beer garden. The bike day will be accompanied by entertainment music from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. Lunch and a barbecue stand as well as coffee and cake will be available during the festival in and around the Bildhäuser barn.

Benefit concert with the Böhmisch G`schtörd brass band
There will also be an open-air concert for the benefit of the Förderverein Maria Bildhausen e.V. with the Böhmisch G`schtörd brass band on the open-air stage in front of the Bildhausen barn from 4 pm.

Monastery store
The KlosterLaden is open from 11 am to 5 pm.

Oberschwappach Castle: Bamberg String Quartet - Spring Concert
2025-05-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Castle hall, Oberschwappach Castle
Bamberg String Quartet – Spring Concert

CROWN JEWELS FROM THE BAROQUE AND CLASSICAL PERIODS,
Spring concert by the Bamberg String Quartet with
Pierre Martens, bassoon (professor at the Lübeck University of Music),
in the Schlosshalle Schloss Oberschwappach.
Works by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.
Start 19:00
Admission 18:30
Tickets are available at: okticket.de
Advance booking offices see: okticket.de/vvks.ph

Opening of special exhibitions "Time and Eternity" and "Cisterscapes - we are European cultural heritage"
2025-05-03 14:00 - 17:00 | Old town hall Zwettl, Sparkassenplatz 3, Zwettl, Lower Austria, 3910, Österreich
As part of the Lower Austrian Museum Spring on 3. and May 4, 2025, the special exhibition “Time and Eternity” and “Cisterscapes – we are European cultural heritage” will be ceremoniously opened in the Old Town Hall of Zwettl. There are special guided tours through the special exhibitions and a varied children’s program.
The Zwettl Local Railway Association is also opening its new special exhibition “Holy Saints – Heaven in Motion” this weekend, which has been realized in cooperation with Zwettl Abbey.

Exhibition "Cultural landscape as European heritage"
2025-05-01 08:00 - 2025-10-26 17:00 | Old town hall Zwettl, Sparkassenplatz 3, Zwettl, Lower Austria, 3910, 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?

The foundation of monasteries in the Middle Ages using the example of Zwettl Abbey
2025-04-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Festsaal Raiffeisenbank Waldviertel Mitte, Country road 23, Zwettl, Lower Austria, 3910, Österreich
In his lecture, Franz Ettmayer also describes the influence of territorial and ecclesiastical personalities on the fate of our country. After the political order of Charlemagne, the Carolingian Empire began to disintegrate. Before and after the turn of the millennium, political reorganization began between the Enns and the Vienna Woods and north of the Danube.
The work of the Cistercian Bernard of Clairvaux and his monastic reform work in France reached as far as Zwettl in the Waldviertel. How and to what extent ecclesiastical personalities influenced the development of our country is the focus of this lecture.
Following the lecture, there will be an opportunity for discussion over a snack.

Altenberg monastery market
2025-04-26 13:00 - 2025-04-27 18:00 | Altenberg Monastery, Deutschland
In 2024, the Altenberg Monastery Landscape was awarded the European Heritage Label together with 16 other monastery landscapes in 5 European countries.
To mark the award of the European Heritage Label to the Altenberg monastery landscape, the Altenberg Beautification and Cultural Association (VKA), together with the Rheinisch-Bergisch district and the municipality of Odenthal, is organizing a monastery market that reflects the life, work and cuisine of the Cistercians and at the same time provides entertainment for young and old.
On the last weekend of the Easter holidays, 26 and 27 April 2025, a small market with artisanal and regional products as well as culinary, cultural and children’s programs will take place at Altenberg Cathedral. There will also be guided tours of Altenberg and the monastery landscape.

Program
Monastery market:
Saturday 13:00 -19:00 & Sunday 10:00 -18:00 – A diverse range of exhibitors from the craft sector, region and monastery
Musical stage program:
Saturday
17:00 – “Small is beautiful”
Sunday
12:00 – “Loup & Hecker”
15:30 – “De Knippschaff” with ex-Bläck Fööss Bömmel Lückerath and Kafi Biermann
Music in the cathedral:
Sunday
2:30 pm – Sacred music
Guided tours:
Saturday
11:00 a.m. – Cathedral tour – meeting point in front of the cathedral portal
2:00 p.m. – Cathedral tour for children on the animals in Altenberg Cathedral with Pastor Posche – meeting point in front of the cathedral portal
14:00 pm – “Streuobst – Klösterliches Erbe der Zisterzienser” with tasting – LuGeV (guided tours 7€) – meeting point Baroque archway opposite Altenberg Cathedral
3:00 pm – Exploring the Altenberg monastery landscape Xandra Wildung, Head of European Heritage Site – meeting point in front of the cathedral portal
Sunday
14:00 – “Brewing art of the Cistercians” with tasting LuGeV (guided tours 7€) – meeting point Baroque archway opposite Altenberg Cathedral
16:00 – Cathedral tour with Pastor Taxacher – meeting point in front of the cathedral portal

Saturday and Sunday – covered wagon and carriage ride around Altenberg all day
Children’s program:
Saturday 14:00 – Cathedral tour to the animals in the cathedral with Pastor Posche – meeting point in front of the cathedral portal
Saturday and Sunday – Discover the cultural and monastery landscape all day – Cisterscapes
The Cistercians and the water – The Sommelière
Paper making and water mill construction – paper mill Alte Dombach
Small petting zoo with donkeys and farm animals
Culinary delights:
Saturday 13:00 – 21:00 & Sun 10:00 – 19:00 – Gastronomic offer in the spirit of the Cistercian culinary heritage

Monastery landscape tour: (almost) along the monastery wall
2025-04-25 15:00 - 17:00

Sulzheim Castle: Easter buffet
2025-04-21 11:30
Celebrate Easter with us at Schloss Sulzheim – under the motto
“Here the lord of the castle cooks for himself”, a delicious, extensive buffet awaits you. A delicious soup, fresh salads, three main courses (including fish and vegetarian options), tempting desserts, a glass of sparkling wine or orange juice and coffee & cake at the end are included in the price of €42.50 per person (children 6-13 years €21 / < 6 years free of charge).
We look forward to your visit and your reservation under the telephone number: 09382-8628.
Sulzheim Castle
Wilhelm-Behr-Strasse 34
97529 Sulzheim

Monastery landscape hike: Between Reichenbach, Eger and Waldsassen - In the footsteps of the Cistercians III
2025-04-12 13:30 - 17:30

Start of the season
2025-04-12 09:00 - 2025-10-31 17:00 | Zwettl Monastery, Zwettl Abbey 1, Zwettl, Lower Austria, 3910, 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”.

Maulbronn Monastery: "Conference: Rural world in upheaval. The Peasants' War and its conditions in the domain of Maulbronn Monastery"
2025-04-03 | Town Hall, Klosterhof 6, 75433 Maulbronn, Klosterhof 6, Maulbronn, 75433, Deutschland
The period around 1500 was an era of transition from the religiously influenced Middle Ages to a new world in which people shaped their “this world” in a more self-confident and planned manner. In all areas of life, people gradually broke away from the overpowering ecclesiastical authority, sought more rational answers and learned new things in many areas. In art and science, in agriculture, warfare and communication, the dynamics of the modern age were evident, accompanied by a new freedom of thought. Previous power relations were called into question and criticism of outdated structures became more diverse. The Reformation shook the foundations of the old empire. Unrest and change were in the air and also affected the “common man”. The huge uprising of the peasantry ended tragically in 1525. The domain of Maulbronn Monastery and its surroundings were also caught up in this dynamic. The conference aims to trace the factors that significantly influenced the political, economic and intellectual-cultural conditions in this area and what characterized the period of upheaval here in the rural region between the Electoral Palatinate and Württemberg. Which conflicts came to a head here? What were the central forces at work here? Information and registration Thursday, April 3, 2025 Participation fee: none Limited number of participants. We kindly ask you to register at: Stadt Maulbronn, Postfach 47, 75429 Maulbronn Phone 07043 103-0 Email: info@maulbronn.de www.maulbronn.de Organizer Stadt Maulbronn in cooperation with the State Palaces and Gardens of Baden-Württemberg (SSG) The event is part of the event cycle “500 Years of Peasants’ War in the Kraichgau” as well as the supporting programme of the Great State Exhibition 500 Years of Peasants’ War “UFFRUR!”. By participating in the event, you agree to the possible publication of photographs and film recordings. Note: Due to high demand, the conference has been moved to the Stadthalle, Klosterhof 6, Maulbronn.

Environmental Education Center (UBiZ) Knetzgau: Water topic - lecture on dealing with drought and heavy rainfall
2025-03-20 19:00 - 20:30
PRACTICAL EXAMPLES IN GARDEN AND HOUSE
How can garden owners respond to long periods of drought? How can you collect and use as much water as possible during heavy rainfall?
What can you do in your garden and home to be protected against flooding? The speaker and natural gardener, who has herself been affected by floods
, has been working on this topic for years and shows examples of how to better deal with these challenges.
Speaker: Nina Köberich
free of charge, donation welcome
Location: “Offener Treff”, Eschenauer Str. 5, 97478 Knetzgau
OT Westheim

Maulbronn/Stromberg Monastery Landscape: "European Heritage Label for Cistercian Cultural Landscapes" ceremony and reception
2025-03-16 | Maulbronn Town Hall (former fruit cellar of Maulbronn Monastery)
Ceremony and reception to mark the receipt of the European Heritage Label for Cistercian Cultural Landscapes “Cisterscapes connecting Europe” and the inauguration of the reconstruction of the Gothic wayside shrine in the Maulbronn Old Cemetery on Sunday, March 16, 2025, at 11 a.m. in the Maulbronn Town Hall (former fruit cellar of Maulbronn Monastery).
Participation in the Cultural Heritage Label is another outstanding distinction of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Maulbronn Monastery and its cultural landscape developed by the former Cistercian monks
. Maulbronn Monastery was situated between the Rhine, Neckar and Enz rivers and has left its lasting mark on numerous places and landscapes – in agriculture, viticulture, fruit growing and in the forests. The innovative hydraulic engineering and engineering skills of the Cistercians in the Middle Valley were outstanding. What was produced in the farmsteads and granges and collected in the Pfleghöfe was brought to market via the town courtyards. The former
economy of the Cistercians in the region around Maulbronn can still be clearly seen today.
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Wechterswinkel Monastery: Exhibition Kloster erLEBEN - Women's lives in the Middle Ages
2025-03-15 - 2025-06-22
In the Middle Ages, the vast majority of the population lived in the countryside. Women carried out a variety of tasks in addition to the strenuous work in the fields: They prepared the daily meals, washed clothes, hauled water and made clothes for their families. The only way to escape the grueling cycle of childbearing and hard physical labor was to live in a monastery. It was only in the flourishing cities of the late Middle Ages that new opportunities opened up for women. Women were successful in trade, they worked in many trades, ran merchant stores or sold their products. The economic development of the cities
had a lasting effect on the position of women. The exhibition highlights the different roles of women in the Middle Ages. The many tasks that women had to perform are vividly illustrated, from basket weaving to feather grinding, from gathering herbs to brewing beer
.
The exhibition “Women’s lives in the Middle Ages”
was conceived by the art historian
Dr. Alice Selinger, Dreieich.
Saturday, 15.03.2025 to Sunday, 22.06.2025
EXHIBITION
The exhibition is complemented by an accompanying program for different age groups
. Further information will be available from March at www.kloster-wechterswinkel-
kultur.de and in the Rhön-Grabfeld cultural calendar.
Wednesday – Sunday and public holidays from 13:00 – 17:00.
Wechterswinkel MonasteryUm den Bau 6, Wechterswinkel, Bastheim, 97654 Bastheim OT Wechterswinkel

Monastery landscape tour: Experience the monastery landscape in the monastery town
2025-03-14 15:00 - 17:00

Cistercian landscapes as European heritage - online lecture
2025-03-10 19:00 - 20:30
Cistercian landscapes as European heritage Within decades, the Cistercian reform order spread throughout Europe in the High Middle Ages. They shaped their own type of cultural landscape: the Cistercian landscape. Such Cistercian landscapes can be found all over Europe. 17 former Cistercian abbeys from five countries have been jointly awarded the European Heritage Label as Cisterscapes – Cistercian landscapes connecting Europe – 2024. The lecture will explain why and for what this revival of a historical network has received the award and what cultural activities Cisterscapes will be initiating in the coming years. The cultural heritage network is coordinated by the district of Bamberg. Ebrach, the oldest cistercy on the right bank of the Rhine, is located here. The once rich and powerful abbey in the Steigerwald is an important milestone in the spread of the Order to the East Franconian-German Empire and beyond. The lecture introduces us to the phenomenon of the Cistercian landscape then and now.
Speaker: Dr. Rosa Karl, Cisterscapes – connecting Europe!, project management Ebrach individual site
Online lecture. You will receive the link when you register.

Oberschwappach Castle: Notenlos - The top-class request concert!
2025-02-22 18:00 - 21:30 | Oberschwappach Castle, Schlossstrasse 6, Oberschwappach, 97478, Deutschland
No notes: The wish concert in a class of its own!

Start: 19:00
Admission: 18:00

Tickets online via ok-ticket

Pusch & Speckmann perform the “Living Jukebox” and present a top-class request concert that you’ve never heard before – and that sounds different every time. Depending on the mood and creativity of the guests! They not only take part live, but also actively shape the evening. In duets and duels, the two exceptional musicians improvise their way through classical, jazz, musical and pop music. Without playback, without aids and without sheet music, they push themselves and their pianos to the limit. For example, when they want to put a certain theme into the mouths of all possible and impossible interpreters, including their characteristic expressions. This is how children’s songs meet film music, choral music meets rock ‘n roll, Grönemeyer meets Pavarotti.

Further information: https://www.notenlos.de/

Cistercians as organic pioneers?
2025-02-19 18:00 - 19:00

Special film screening "Landscapes of the Cistercians"
2025-01-23 19:00 - 21:00
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.

Waldsassen: Film screenings with lecture "Cisterscapes" - landscape film
2025-01-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Girls’ secondary school of the Cistercian nuns Waldsassen – AULA, Basilica Square 2, Waldsassen, 95652
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 girls’ secondary school.
Admission free.

Lecture: Cistercians as organic pioneers?
2025-01-15 19:00 - 20:00 | 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 that we can control the forces of nature have made us forget that centuries ago, success was only possible by adapting to the natural environment. This can be illustrated by the example of the Cistercians, who still shape Europe today with the cultural landscapes they created. One of their recipes for success was to take into account the geological and climatic conditions at the monastery site. Please register at: antje.gruener@ikomstiftland.de or 09635 9240-467

Waldviertel carp - tried and tested and served in a new way
2024-11-21 17:00 - 21:00 | Wurmhof Thaller, Oberhof 28, Zwettl, Lower Austria, 3910, 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 the course of the seminar, Dr. Andreas Gamerith (abbey archivist) will provide fascinating insights into the history of pond farming in the Waldviertel, which is closely linked to the work of the Zwettl Cistercians. The carp princess Michaela Altmann builds the bridge to the use of the ponds in the present. Further information on the cooking seminar at: Homepage of the Zwettl Adult Education Center (online from 26.8.2024): www.vhszwettl.at (in the “Creative and Culinary” section)

Autumn excursion to Gobelsburg Castle and Röhrenbach
2024-11-16 09:30 - 17:00 | 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 2024, the adult education centre is organizing an excursion to Gobelsburg Castle. During this excursion, Dr. Andreas Gamerith (abbey archivist), who played a leading role in the design of the cloister cellar, gives the participants an understanding of the history and special features of the Zwettl monastery landscape in witty stories. The final point of the Zwettl monastery landscape is the Röhrenbach hospital church, built in 1737 in the Greillenstein estate, which is also visited during this excursion. With Paul Troger, Joseph Munggenast, but also the organ builder Preysinger and the Götz pupil Giovanni Antonio Sanz, high-ranking artists were at work here. Further information on the excursion at: Homepage of the Adult Education Center Zwettl (online from 26.8.2024): www.vhszwettl.at (in the section “Lectures, excursions, educational trips”)

Monastery landscape tours October 2024
2024-10-17 - 2024-10-19 | 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 (Michaela Müller; approx. 2h, distance approx. 2.5 km)
Friday, 18.10.2024, 15.00: Experience the monastery landscape in the monastery town (Gabriele Achmann; approx. 2h, route approx. 1.5 km)
Saturday, 19.10.2024, 1.30 pm: Guided tour of the monastery landscape with baroque highlights (Michael Rückl; approx. 4h 30 min, distance approx. 10 km)

The meeting point for the guided tours is at the Diepoldbrunnen fountain in front of the collegiate basilica. Due to limited places on the guided tours, please register by email to martina.zanner@ikomstiftland.de or by telephone on 09632 9247349 by October 11, 2024.

European cultural heritage staged
2024-10-17 - 2024-10-19 | 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 – 22:00), guided tours of the monastery landscape around Waldsassen are offered on all days. You can find the program here: EKS celebration program If you would like to follow the Cistercians and Cistercian nuns in the Stiftland region in culinary terms, you can find information here: culinary heritage The district’s museum department “das zwoelfer” has created a podcast series that provides insights into the diverse culture of the Stiftland region: Podcasts “Please do not touch”
