The Doberan Minster is the main Lutheran Church of Bad Doberan in Mecklenburg, Germany. Close to the Baltic Sea and the Hanseatic city of Rostock, it is the most important religious heritage of the European Route of Brick Gothic. It is the remaining part of the ex-Cistercian Doberan Abbey, dedicated in 1368. The first abbey in Mecklenburg, founded in 1171, which was also used as the burial site for the regional rulers, became important both politically and historically. Through the activities of its inhabitants, the abbey greatly contributed to the cultural and economic development of Mecklenburg and became the centre of Christianity in this region.
No other Cistercian abbey in Europe can lay claim to such a large amount of the original interior remaining intact. Among the treasures are the main altar which is the oldest winged altar in art history, the monumental cross altar and the sculpted tomb of Danish Queen Margarete Sambiria. Even after the reformation and the dissolution of the abbey in 1552, the church continued to serve as the main burial place for the ruling Mecklenburg family as well as the place of worship for the Evangelical-Lutheran congregation.
The Minster in Bad Doberan is said to be the most important medieval building in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the best example of medieval creativity put into practice and it is a building of the highest technical and artistic perfection. The furnishings on display are of highest artistic quality. No other church in northern Germany has such complete and historically important liturgical furnishings. The abbey is a unique and precious artistic monument in the coastal region of the Baltic Sea.
The DoberanMinster is the main Lutheran Church of Bad Doberan in Mecklenburg, Germany. Close to the Baltic Sea and the Hanseatic city of Rostock, it is...
Bad Doberan (German pronunciation: [baːt dobəˈʁaːn]) is a town in the district of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It was the capital of the...
continues in use as DoberanMinster (Doberaner Münster). After the conversion to Christianity of the Wendish prince Pribislav, Doberan was the first monastery...
cross of Notke in Lübeck Cathedral Triumphal cross (Christ's side) in DoberanMinster The "plate cross" (Scheibenkreuz) in St. Mary's (Hohnekirche) in Soest...
Schwerin and finally arrived on 24 August 1692 in Doberan, where he was buried in the DoberanMinster. He married twice. His first wife was Christine Margarethe...
(aged 80) Ludwigslust, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Burial DoberanMinster Spouse Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Issue Among others Frederick...
group also includes the clock at Gdańsk, now in Poland). Bad Doberan. At DoberanMinster, an astrolabe clock was installed by Nikolaus Lilienfeld in 1390...
nephew Nicholas II. He probably died in 1286. He was buried in the DoberanMinster. No spouse or issue have been documented. Genealogical table of the...
were transferred by his son Heinrich Borwin to the newly completed DoberanMinster, where they lie in a sarcophagus in the Chapel of Pribislav. Tschan...
of Lindow-Ruppin. He died on 15 October 1283, and was buried in the DoberanMinster. John's daughters are not mentioned in historic documents, only his...
fell to Bernard II of Werle-Güstrow. He was probably buried in the DoberanMinster. Genealogical table of the House of Mecklenburg Biographical information...
churches in towns in the south Baltic Sea area. Especially the clocks in DoberanMinster and St. Nicholas Church, Stralsund are very similar, and it is possible...
similar astronomical clocks have existed, and in a few cases still exist, in Doberan, Gdańsk, Lübeck, Münster, Rostock, Stendal, Stralsund and Wismar. This...
Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Nicholas V died in 1408 and was buried in the DoberanMinster. His daughter Judith (nicknamed Jutta) was married to Henry, Duke of...
headquarter of the EuRoB organization is located in Berlin. DoberanMinster in Bad Doberan Steintor in Anklam Stralsund, Town Hall and St. Nikolai, Photo:...
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