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Chorin Abbey (Kloster Chorin) is a former
Cistercian
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abbey
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns.
The conce ...
near the village of
Chorin
Chorin () is a municipality in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg, Germany. It is most famous for its cloister and for being situated within the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve. It is famous for its medieval Brick Gothic Chorin Abbey
...
in
Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. It was founded by the
Ascanian
The House of Ascania (german: Askanier) was a dynasty of German rulers. It is also known as the House of Anhalt, which refers to its longest-held possession, Anhalt.
The Ascanians are named after Ascania (or Ascaria) Castle, known as ''Schloss ...
margrave
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s in 1258 and had far-reaching influence on the northern edge of the Ascanians' sphere of influence, where it bordered with the
Slavs
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. It was
secularized
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in 1542 and allowed to decay until the early 19th century, when the ruins were restored and the building partly rebuilt under the direction of
Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Karl Friedrich Schinkel (13 March 1781 – 9 October 1841) was a Prussian architect, city planner and painter who also designed furniture and stage sets. Schinkel was one of the most prominent architects of Germany and designed both neoclassica ...
. It is now an archetypal example of the
Brick Gothic
Brick Gothic (german: Backsteingotik, pl, Gotyk ceglany, nl, Baksteengotiek) is a specific style of Gothic architecture common in Northeast and Central Europe especially in the regions in and around the Baltic Sea, which do not have resourc ...
style and part of the .
Some scenes in the 1912 film ''
Das Mirakel'' were filmed there.
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References
External links
*http://www.kloster-chorin.org/
*http://www.cistercensi.info/abbazie/abbazie.php?ab=819&lin=de
*http://www.klosterland.de/Kloster/Chorin
Former Christian monasteries in Germany
Cistercian monasteries in Germany
History of Brandenburg
Monasteries in Brandenburg
13th-century establishments
Roman Catholic churches in Brandenburg
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