Stift Gandersheim

Monastery in Bad Gandersheim, Germany, dating from 0801

Gandersheim Abbey (German: Stift Gandersheim) is a former house of secular canonesses (Frauenstift) in the present town of Bad Gandersheim in Lower Saxony, Germany; at present it is the Evangelical Lutheran Collegiate Church of Saints Anastasius and Innocent at Gandersheim Abbey (German: Evangelisch-lutherische Stiftskirche der Heiligen Anastasius und Innocentius am Stift Gandersheim). It was founded in 852 by Count Liudolf of Saxony and his wife, Oda, progenitors of the Liudolfing or Ottonian dynasty, whose rich endowments ensured its stability and prosperity. The "Imperial free secular found

From Gandersheim Abbey on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Type:
Monastery

Period:
0801

Where:
Bad Gandersheim, Germany

Coordinates:
51.87°N, 10.03°E

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