Application for the European Heritage Label launched!<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/cisterscapes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Postkarte_end.png\" "\\"Postkarte\\"")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\nThe typical elements of Cistercian landscapes unite people across Europe as a common cultural heritage. 17 partners from five countries, led by the district of Bamberg as sponsor and initiator, have taken on this heritage and are jointly applying for the European Heritage Label.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\nMilestones<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/cisterscapes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Meilensteine-DE.png\" "\\"Meilensteine-DE\\"")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\nUnity in diversity<\/strong> is the motto that unites us.<\/p>\nWe are ready to retell our story together.<\/p>\n
We are Cisterscapes – Cistercian Landscapes connecting Europe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nEuropean network since the Middle Ages<\/strong><\/h4>\nWhen the power and wealth of the Benedictines of Cluny seemed to increasingly undermine the original monastic ideals, three monks left in 1098 to found a new monastery in C\u00eeteaux. This place in French Burgundy (lat. cistertium<\/em>) gave them their name: Cistercians.<\/strong><\/p>\nThey wanted a return to the Rule of St. Benedict. They wanted to live from the work of their own hands<\/strong>:ora et labora<\/em> – pray and work. Ultimately, this principle was to make them one of the most influential networks of the Middle Ages.<\/p>\nWithin just under two centuries, the monks founded a dense network of daughter monasteries that spread throughout Europe. Wherever they were active, they reclaimed the land, established ponds and forestry, viticulture, agriculture and hydraulic engineering. Their agricultural innovation and the systematic transfer of knowledge<\/strong> within the order made their self-sufficiency so successful that the surpluses transformed the markets and power structures of the surrounding regions.<\/p>\nThe great days of the White Monks, as they were known because of their undyed sheep’s wool robes, have long since passed. The traces<\/strong> of their work – impressive monastery complexes, magnificent town courtyards, villages, farmsteads, pond landscapes, vineyards, settlement structures and commercial forests – shape our landscapes<\/strong> and the everyday lives of the people<\/strong> who live and work there.<\/p>\nLEADER TNC I and TNC II “Cisterscapes – Cistercian landscapes connecting Europe”<\/strong><\/p>\nOn November 1, 2019, the transnational LEADER cooperation project was launched with 17 monastic landscapes in six European countries. Since October 22, 2020, the project has again received LEADER funding as part of TNC II. The district of Bamberg, as the sponsor and transnational coordinator, would like to apply for the “European Heritage Label” (EHL) for Cistercian monastic landscapes in cooperation with the project partners. Further information can be found here: Projektinfo_Cisterscapes_EKS_20210923<\/a><\/p>\nPartner sites: Altenberg, Bronnbach, Ebrach, Langheim, Loccum, Maulbronn, Schulpforte, Waldsassen (D), W\u0105growiec (PL), Plasy, Velehrad, Vy\u0161\u0161\u00ed Brod, \u017d\u010f\u00e1r nad S\u00e1zavou (CZ), Rein, Zwettl (AT), Kostanjevica na Krki, Sti\u010dna (SI).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>The typical elements of Cistercian landscapes unite people across Europe as a common cultural heritage. 17 partners from five countries, led by the district of Bamberg as sponsor and initiator, have taken on this heritage and are jointly applying for the European Heritage Label.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> Milestones<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> Unity in diversity<\/strong> is the motto that unites us.<\/p>\n We are ready to retell our story together.<\/p>\n We are Cisterscapes – Cistercian Landscapes connecting Europe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n When the power and wealth of the Benedictines of Cluny seemed to increasingly undermine the original monastic ideals, three monks left in 1098 to found a new monastery in C\u00eeteaux. This place in French Burgundy (lat. cistertium<\/em>) gave them their name: Cistercians.<\/strong><\/p>\n They wanted a return to the Rule of St. Benedict. They wanted to live from the work of their own hands<\/strong>:ora et labora<\/em> – pray and work. Ultimately, this principle was to make them one of the most influential networks of the Middle Ages.<\/p>\n Within just under two centuries, the monks founded a dense network of daughter monasteries that spread throughout Europe. Wherever they were active, they reclaimed the land, established ponds and forestry, viticulture, agriculture and hydraulic engineering. Their agricultural innovation and the systematic transfer of knowledge<\/strong> within the order made their self-sufficiency so successful that the surpluses transformed the markets and power structures of the surrounding regions.<\/p>\n The great days of the White Monks, as they were known because of their undyed sheep’s wool robes, have long since passed. The traces<\/strong> of their work – impressive monastery complexes, magnificent town courtyards, villages, farmsteads, pond landscapes, vineyards, settlement structures and commercial forests – shape our landscapes<\/strong> and the everyday lives of the people<\/strong> who live and work there.<\/p>\n LEADER TNC I and TNC II “Cisterscapes – Cistercian landscapes connecting Europe”<\/strong><\/p>\n On November 1, 2019, the transnational LEADER cooperation project was launched with 17 monastic landscapes in six European countries. Since October 22, 2020, the project has again received LEADER funding as part of TNC II. The district of Bamberg, as the sponsor and transnational coordinator, would like to apply for the “European Heritage Label” (EHL) for Cistercian monastic landscapes in cooperation with the project partners. Further information can be found here: Projektinfo_Cisterscapes_EKS_20210923<\/a><\/p>\n Partner sites: Altenberg, Bronnbach, Ebrach, Langheim, Loccum, Maulbronn, Schulpforte, Waldsassen (D), W\u0105growiec (PL), Plasy, Velehrad, Vy\u0161\u0161\u00ed Brod, \u017d\u010f\u00e1r nad S\u00e1zavou (CZ), Rein, Zwettl (AT), Kostanjevica na Krki, Sti\u010dna (SI).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>European network since the Middle Ages<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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