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