Ilsenburg Abbey
| Ilsenburg Abbey | |
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Kloster Ilsenburg | |
Catholic | |
| Sect | Benedictines |
| Location | |
| Location | Ilsenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany |
| Country | Germany |
  Shown within Saxony-Anhalt  Ilsenburg Abbey (Germany) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 51°51′35″N 10°40′43″E / 51.85972°N 10.67861°E |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 995 |
Ilsenburg Abbey (German: Kloster Ilsenburg) was a monastery of the
History
The monastery was built in the
Fostered by Bishop Burchard II of Halberstadt from about 1070, the convent experienced a flourishing period whereupon numerous filial monasteries were established, such as Huysburg, and the abbeys of Harsefeld, Hillersleben, and Wimmelburg. A larger Romanesque church was erected and dedicated to Sts Peter and Paul on 5 June 1087; including the oldest preserved three-aisled choir of all Benedictine sacral buildings in Germany. The adjacent cloister buildings were erected after a blaze in 1120 and finished in 1176. The monastic community included up to 25 monks, it joined the Benedictine Bursfelde Congregation in 1464/65.
The
From 1546 onwards the abbey turned Protestant and was subjected to severe changes; in 1555 it became, with its properties and assets, part of the territorial possessions of the Counts. The northern part of the church was demolished in 1573; part of the premises was used for a choral school, as in other monastic properties acquired by the Counts, and considerable re-building and improvements were made for the better accommodation of the function. The Counts' financial difficulties however caused the school to be suspended while the property was mortgaged, and although they regained it in 1608, and indeed lived there themselves for some years, the school finally closed in 1626.
After the Counts finally relocated their residence to Wernigerode in 1716, also the cloister buildings were demolished and the premises were used for commercial purposes. The monastery remained a possession of the
Today, the abbey site with its preserved buildings and the adjacent
External links
- (in German) Ilsenburg Town website
- Ilsenburg Abbey Archived 2016-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
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