Waldsassen<\/h1><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>Date of foundation: 1133<\/strong> (order number 71<\/strong> according to Janauschek)
\nDate of dissolution: <\/strong>1556, 1690 – 1803, revived in 1863 as a women’s monastery
\nFiliation \/ mother monastery: <\/strong>Morimond-Kamp \/ Volkenroda
\nDaughter monasteries:<\/strong> Sedlec Monastery, Walderbach Monastery, Osek Monastery<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>Margrave Diepold III founded Waldsassen Monastery around 1133 and endowed it with extensive foundations. Clearances led to a closed settlement landscape in the High Middle Ages. The carp ponds are still particularly characteristic of the landscape today: The monks used the marshy landscape for fish farming and created one of the largest pond areas in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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Date of foundation: 1133<\/strong> (order number 71<\/strong> according to Janauschek) Margrave Diepold III founded Waldsassen Monastery around 1133 and endowed it with extensive foundations. Clearances led to a closed settlement landscape in the High Middle Ages. The carp ponds are still particularly characteristic of the landscape today: The monks used the marshy landscape for fish farming and created one of the largest pond areas in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>
\nDate of dissolution: <\/strong>1556, 1690 – 1803, revived in 1863 as a women’s monastery
\nFiliation \/ mother monastery: <\/strong>Morimond-Kamp \/ Volkenroda
\nDaughter monasteries:<\/strong> Sedlec Monastery, Walderbach Monastery, Osek Monastery<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>