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Preetz Priory (German: Kloster Preetz) is a former Benedictine nunnery in the town of Preetz, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It operates today as a collegiate residence for ladies (Stift).
History
editThe nunnery was founded in 1211 by Graf Albrecht of Orlamünde, nephew of King Valdemar II of Denmark, following a mystical experience which, according to him, happened while he was stalking a deer. After he had followed it into a valley, the deer stood still and he suddenly saw a gleaming cross appear between its antlers. He felt that the site was a holy place which he called the Field of Mary (German: Marienfelde) and to commemorate the vision he founded a nunnery at a location some 2 miles (4 km) away. A monastery on the actual site of the vision was built only in 1260.[1]
Suppressed in the 16th century due to the Protestant Reformation, it became an aristocratic Lutheran women's convent belonging to the Schleswig-Holstein knighthood. It continues in this capacity.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Die Chronik des Adeligen Klosters Preetz". Preetzer Schutengilder (in German).
- ^ Christian Stocks, Bernhard Schütz, 1975: Preetz. Ev. Adeliges Kloster, Ehem. Benediktinerinnenkloster Campus Beatae Mariae. Brochure, Schnell & Steiner, Kunstführer Nr. 1030, ISBN 3795447615
External links
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