Ilsenburg Monastery
Ilsenburg Monastery is a historic Benedictine abbey founded around 1018. The monastic complex includes the former cloister which hosts exhibitions, the monastery church, a café, and a monastery shop. The monastery is a stop of the Harz Monastery Hiking Trail and part of the Romanesque Road that crosses the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
About this building
In 1120, the cloister buildings had to be rebuilt. The reconstruction of the south wing with the refectory took place between 1136 and 1161 under Abbot Sigibodo. Its upper floor, which probably housed the scriptorium, a writing room and the library, was demolished in 1792 because of its poor condition. In recent years, the remains of a medieval heating system have been discovered on the ground floor. basement of this part of the building. This is an indication of the extraordinary importance that the monastery had at that time. Between 1648 and 1716, the monastery was the residence of the Wernigerode line of the Counts of Stolberg.
The church, consecrated in 1087 and dedicated to SS Peter and Paul, preserves valuable remains of its plaster floor from around 1200.
Ilsenburg Monastery can be visited all year round and, in addition to changing exhibitions, offers numerous events such as readings, lectures and concerts.
