Isenhagen Abbey

Isenhagen Abbey (

Cistercian order but is now a Lutheran women's convent. It is managed by the monastic chamber in Hanover

.

Origins

The name of the abbey, Isenhagen, is probably derived from its original site next to the

friary for Cistercians in the present-day locality of Alt-Isenhagen within the town of Hankensbüttel

. After being in existence for just 16 years it was burnt down and, in 1262, rebuilt as a nunnery. In 1329 it was moved to Hankensbüttel where it is to this day.

Lutheran conventuals. In its Brick Gothic buildings it houses a rich treasure of medieval furniture and high quality works of art: carved and painted altars, sculptures, small paintings for private devotions and embroidered altar cloths and antependia

, some of which are adorned with golden reliefs and pearls.