Hardehausen Abbey
Hardehausen Abbey (Kloster Hardehausen) is a former
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History
In 1009 Herswithehusen became the property of
Between 1185 and 1243 three daughter houses were founded from Hardehausen: in 1185,
During the Thirty Years' War the abbey was looted and destroyed. During its reconstruction in the years 1680 to 1750 it received its present form.
In 1803 the abbey was secularised, and the monks expelled. The contents were sold or auctioned, and the church was demolished in 1812. The estates were rented out as state property.
Hardehausen was briefly re-founded as a Cistercian monastery in 1927, but the new community was brought to an end by an order of dissolution issued by the
Since 1945 the former monastery has been used for the educational activities of the present
Notes
- ISBN 3-506-71743-X, pp. 113–130, and on Hardehausen especially pp. 122–128.
References
- Kuhne, W., 1978: Die Gründung des Klosters Hardehausen durch Bischof Bernhard I. Schöningh, München et al. ISBN 3-506-73701-5
Sources and external links
- Landvolkshochschule Anton Heinen Hardehausen (in German)
- Jugendhaus Hardehausen (in German)
- Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe: Klosteranlage Hardehausen (in German)