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Drübeck Abbey
Drübeck Abbey () is a former Benedictine monastery for nuns in Drübeck on the northern edge of the Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Today it is a conference venue for the Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony with an educational-theological institute and pastoral centre. History The Abbey of Drübeck was supposedly mentioned for the first time in a document dated 26 January 877. However, this has been exposed as a forgery. Thus a deed by the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I, dated 10 September 960, is seen as the first confirmed record of the ''Drubechi'' Abbey. In 995, Emperor Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto III confirmed the election of "free" abbesses () (i.e., without imperial or Bishop, episcopal oversight) and thus the special legal position of the abbey. This meant that during the 10th century the foundation enjoyed privileges like those of the Imperial Abbeys () in Gandersheim Abbey, Gandersheim and Quedlinburg Abbey, Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kloster Drübeck 2009
Kloster is the German language, German and Scandinavian language, Scandinavian word for monastery. It may also refer to: Places * Kloster, Styria * Kloster, Denmark * Kloster, Sweden * Klošter, settlement in Slovenia People * Asbjørn Kloster (1823–1876), Norwegian educator and social reformer * Knut Kloster (1929–2020), Norwegian shipping magnate; grandson of Lauritz * Kristin Kloster Aasen (born 1961), Norwegian Olympics official, horse breeder, and lawyer * Lauritz Kloster (1870–1952), Norwegian shipping magnate; grandfather of Knut Kloster, Knut * Line Kloster (born 1990), Norwegian track and field athlete * Martin Alexander Kloster-Jensen (1917–2011), Norwegian linguist * Robert Kloster (1905–1979), Norwegian museum director and art historian * Uriel Ramírez Kloster (born 1999), Argentine footballer Other * ''Das Kloster'', a collection of magical and occult texts compiled by Johann Scheible See also * Klosters * Closter (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |