{"id":3096,"date":"2021-05-18T14:35:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T12:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cisterscapes.eu\/cisterscapes\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T11:39:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:39:45","slug":"cisterscapes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cisterscapes.eu\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Cisterscapes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A network with charisma: Monika Hohlmeier MEP honors Cisterscapes project for European cultural work<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/h3><\/div>

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At a festive ceremony on 16 July 2025 at the Bavarian State Representation in Brussels, MEP Monika Hohlmeier and Bamberg District Administrator Johann Kalb honored the 17 partner sites of the Cistercian network Cisterscapes – connecting Europe with the EPP Group’s Europe Medal. This award had previously been presented to District Administrator Johann Kalb in Hirschaid on November 23, 2024. The occasion was the award of the European Heritage Label, which is a symbol of active European cooperation. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Read more about this in our press release.
\nYou can also find the press release with image in the press kit (zip download).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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On the trail of the
\nCistercians through Europe<\/p><\/h1><\/div>

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Cisterscapes connecting Europe awarded the European Heritage Label<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/h2><\/div>

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The application of 17 Cistercian monastery landscapes from five European countries, Cisterscapes connecting Europe, coordinated by the district of Bamberg, was awarded the European Heritage Label in Antwerp, Belgium, on April 17, 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the first cultural heritage seal for a project initiated in Bavaria, the district of Bamberg is making history with its Ebrach Monastery and 16 other partners from Germany, Austria, Poland, Slovenia and the Czech Republic. With this award, the European Commission confirms the outstanding role of the Cistercians for European integration. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Cultural landscape as European heritage<\/h2><\/div>
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The Cistercian Way, newly opened in May 2022, is a 6,400 km long cultural hiking trail that leads through six European countries. The opening of sections of the routes in the partner locations (see dates) invite you to discover and hike. The trail connects the 17 monastery landscapes of the Cisterscapes network and touches numerous other attractive sights along the way. It leads through particularly unspoiled landscapes that offer culinary specialties and architectural treasures. The route is oriented towards C\u00eeteaux in Burgundy, the cradle of the order, where all the abbots met for the annual general chapter. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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The Cisterscapes network, founded in 2019 with the district of Bamberg as its sponsor, makes the cross-border cultural heritage of Cistercian landscapes visible. A total of 17 partners from five European countries, including a number of active convents, belong to the network. Coordinated by the district of Bamberg as part of the Ebrach Monastery Landscape, the network is currently applying for the European Heritage Label. All the monasteries in the network come from the filiation line of the Morimond Primary Abbey, one of the most active monasteries in the expansion of the Order in Central and Eastern Europe. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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More about the Cistercians as landscape designers<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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FILM: Landscapes of the Cistercians – Traces in Europe (2023)<\/strong><\/p><\/h3><\/div>

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