Neuzelle Abbey

The Neuzelle Abbey was a Cistercian monastery founded in the 13th century. Between 1655 and 1658, Abbot Bernardus had the reconstructed buildings decorated with frescoes and stuccoes by Italian artists. Secularized by the Prussian government in 1817, the monastery's domains passed to the state-run Abbey of Neuzelle, which existed until its nationalization in 1955. In 1996, the foundation of Neuzelle Abbey was re-established as a foundation under public law of the Land of Brandenburg. The church of the Monastery of the Assumption of St. Mary is a pilgrimage church and parish church.

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