Description
A magical place! Founded more than seven centuries years ago, the Stift zum Heiligengrabe was originally a Cistercian nunnery. Since the Reformation, it has been a Protestant Collegiate Foundation for women. Located in the East Prignitz district, half way between Hamburg and Berlin, the foundation still maintains an active spiritual life, while the centuries-old building is impressive in itself.
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Stations of this Audioguide
- 1
- Welcome
- 2
- Farmyard and the Junior Masons’ Lodge
- 3
- Bell Tower
- 4
- The Chapel
- 5
- Chapel Interior
- 6
- The "Holy Sepulchre"
- 7
- The Cemetery
- 8
- Collegiate Church
- 9
- The Abbey Complex – Architecture and Purpose
- 10
- Nuns' Choir and Organ Loft
- 11
- Cloister
- 12
- Inner Courtyard of the Abbey
- 13
- Kaiserturm and St. Cecilia
- 14
- The Old Refectory
- 15
- Remodelling by Friedrich August Stüler
- 16
- The Tiele-Winckler-House & the "Friedenshort" Deaconesses
- 17
- The Baroque Damenplatz
- 18
- The Governor’s House
- 19
- The Herb Garden
- 20
- The Ponds