Altfriedland Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey founded in the 13th century. Apart from the ruins of the refectory and the remains of a cloister, the nave is the only remaining building of the monastery, which was secularised in the 1540s as part of the Reformation.
For more information visit on this building visit www.klosterland.de/Monastery/Altfriedland
Mary Magdalene Church was built between 1285 and 1333 as a three-nave basilica without a transept, but with two side chapels parallel to the choir room. It has an early Baroque high altar and a bronze fifth altar from the 14th century.
The Chorin Monastery is a former Cistercian abbey founded in 1258 and embodies the typical brick Gothic style. The monastery was secularised in 1542 with the Reformation and left to decay until the 19th century. Then the ruins were secured and partially reconstructed under the direction of Karl Friedrich Schinkel.
The Church of Peace was founded around 1230 but did not receive its final appearance until the 19th century. After the introduction of the Reformation in 1539/40, the church became a temporary store for grain and hay, served as a shelter for the sick and as a powder magazine. From 1656 it was a reformed church. Due to a lack of parishioners after the Second World War, the building gradually lost its use as a church. Today it is used by the Förderkreis Oekumenisches Europa-Centrum e. V., founded in 1994, with the aim of creating an interdenominational meeting centre.
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