The Merxhausen monastery was founded in 1213 as an Augustinian monastery by the Lords of Blumenstein am Dörnberg and initially existed as a double monastery, later as a nunnery until the Reformation. The monastery church was consecrated in 1256.
The core building of the monastery, a three-wing complex with a Gothic monastery church, has been preserved.
From this, Landgrave Philipp of Hesse founded a hospital in 1533, which later became the Merxhausen State Hospital.

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The Merxhausen State Hospital emerged from the hospital founded in 1533 by Landgrave Philipp of Hesse. This in turn emerged from the Augustinian monastery in Merxhausen, which was founded in 1213.
Today the extensive facility is run as the Vitos Clinic.

Various plaques remind us of the terrible events during the Nazi dictatorship.

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1. View of Fritzlar – Eder Weir Near Fritzlar loop from Merxhausen

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2. Idyllic Path Along the Ems – Chattengau Oil Mill Dorla loop from Sumpfwiese am Wattenberg

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3. Bench With a View of Edermünde – Elbenberg Tower loop from Baunatal-Altenbauna

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Location: Bad Emstal, Landkreis Kassel, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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Former Merxhausen Monastery, Bad Emstal

1. View of Fritzlar – Eder Weir Near Fritzlar loop from Merxhausen

2. Idyllic Path Along the Ems – Chattengau Oil Mill Dorla loop from Sumpfwiese am Wattenberg

3. Bench With a View of Edermünde – Elbenberg Tower loop from Baunatal-Altenbauna

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