Kloster Wienhausen, Wienhausen

Name: Kloster Wienhausen
Address: An der Kirche 1, Wienhausen, 29342, Germany
Telephone: +49 5149 18660

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Wienhausen Abbey or Convent near Celle in Lower Saxony, Germany, is a community of Evangelical Lutheran women, which until the Reformation was a Cistercian Catholic nunnery. The abbey owns significant artworks and artifacts, including a collection of tapestries and the earliest surviving example of a type of eyeglasses. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 52°34'50"N, 10°11'7"E

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An der Kirche 1Wienhausen 29342 Germany

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+49 5149 18660

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Nearby attractions include: Schloss Celle, Schlosstheater Celle, St Ludwig's Church, Bomann Museum.

5.4 miNW
Renaissance castle and Baroque theater
Schloss Celle, Celle
139 min walk • Celle Castle or, less commonly, Celle Palace, in the German town of Celle in Lower Saxony, was one of the residences of the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg. This quadrangular building is the largest castle in the southern Lüneburg Heath region.
5.4 miNW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Schlosstheater Celle, Celle
138 min walk • The Castle Theatre in Celle is the court theatre which was established between 1670 and 1674/75 on the initiative of the opera lover, George William, Prince of Lüneburg from the House of Brunswick and Lüneburg, as part of the refurbishment and baroque restyling of Celle Castle.
5.2 miNW
Sacred and religious sites, Church
St Ludwig's Church, Celle
134 min walk • St. Ludwig is the main Catholic church in the town of Celle in the German state of Lower Saxony. It was consecrated in 1838 and was the third catholic parish church of the new diocese of Hildesheim which was authorised by papal bull and was outside of the former bishopric of Hildesheim and Archbishopric of Mainz.
5.4 miNW
52°37'27"N • 10°4'47"E
Bomann Museum, Celle
137 min walk • Museum, History museum
5.3 miNW
Park
Celle State Stud, Celle
137 min walk • Celle State Stud is a state-owned facility for horse breeding in Celle, Germany. The State Stud of Celle, located in what is now known as Lower Saxony, was founded in 1735 by order of George II, King of Great Britain, Elector of Hanover and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
5.1 miNW
Park
Französischer Garten, Celle
130 min walk • The French Garden in Celle, in the German state of Lower Saxony, is a public park in the south of the historic old town or Altstadt.
5.4 miNW
Museum
Kunstmuseum Celle mit Sammlung Robert Simon, Celle
137 min walk • Kunstmuseum Celle mit Sammlung Robert Simon is an art museum in Celle, Germany. The house has an exhibition area of over 1000 square meters, distributed over three floors. The architectural highlight of the building is the glass cube that glows in...
5.3 miNW
Church
St. Mary's Church, Celle
136 min walk • The Stadtkirche St. Marien is the Evangelical Lutheran city church of Celle. It is the main preaching church of the Evangelical Lutheran church district of Celle and pastoral seat of the superintendent.
3.9 miW
Archaeological site
Burgwall
101 min walk • The circular rampart of Burg is a defensive work from the Early Middle Ages period located near the German town of Celle in Lower Saxony.
5.4 miNW
Museum, Forts and castles
Residenzmuseum im Celler Schloss, Celle
138 min walk • Residenzmuseum is the name given to the historic rooms in Celle Castle that have been converted into a museum. Among other things, it shows the history of the Guelphs, the oldest surviving princely house in Europe, and the history of the Guelph...
5.3 miNW
Historical place, City hall
Old Town Hall, Celle
136 min walk • The Old Town Hall is a listed building in the city of Celle in Lower Saxony, Germany, and was the seat of the city government until 1999.