Zisterzienserinnenkloster St. Marien zu Helfta (bei Eisleben), später Neuenhelfta

Name: Zisterzienserinnenkloster St. Marien zu Helfta (bei Eisleben), später Neuenhelfta
Address: DE

Monastery in Eisleben, Germany, dating from 1229

The monastery of Helfta is a Cistercian monastery of nuns in the city of Eisleben. It was originally active between 1229 and 1545, and was restored in 1999. It is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The original monastery was erected in 1229 by Count Burchard I of Mansfeld and Countess Elisabeth of Schwartzburg, on grounds near Mansfeld Castle and populated with the first abbess, Cunigunde of Halberstadt, and seven nuns from the Abbey of Halberstadt. In 1234, the nuns moved to Rossdorf and, in 1258, relocated a final time to Helfta, then just outside Eisleben. During the conflicts of the rei

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Type:: Monastery
Period:: 1229
Where:: Eisleben, Germany
Coordinates:: 51.51°N, 11.58°E

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