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Landkreis Harz

St. Burchardi Monastery

Landkreis Harz

St. Burchardi Monastery

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St. Burchardi Monastery

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Location: Halberstadt, Landkreis Harz, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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1. Klus Rocks – St. Burchardi Monastery loop from Halberstadt-Spiegelsberge

12.7km

03:20

100m

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2. St. Burchardi Monastery – Cathedral Square, Halberstadt loop from Halberstadt Oststraße

13.1km

03:21

50m

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3. Kloster St. Burchardi – Poetengang Wooden Bridge loop from Sargstedter Siedlung

9.74km

02:30

40m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Lemmi alias Schlumpf

February 23, 2020

On the railing of the St. Burchardi monastery we find the church founded around 1186 by Bishop Burchard I of Halberstadt. Today only the center on the Holtemme remains.
One of the most innovative art projects in Saxony-Anhalt has been running in the Romanesque, towerless basilica since 2001: The international performance of ORGAN / ASLSP, an organ composition by American avant-garde artist John Cage (1912 - 1992) over a period of 639 years. In this version it is the longest piece of music in the world.

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Klausi

September 11, 2020

An impressive building in the city.

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Klausi

December 20, 2024

Bishop Burchard I of Halberstadt gave the monastery its name: he consecrated the chapel of St. Nicholas in 1036. After the cathedral burned down in 1060, he was buried in this chapel, which became part of the monastery complex much later. In 1186, the Premonstratensians moved there. They were soon replaced by Templars, who founded a commandery here. In 1206, the Templars moved to the monastery of St. Thomae at the Breiten Tor, whereupon the Cistercians took over the monastery in 1208. Due to overcrowding, several nuns went to the Adersleben monastery in the middle of the 13th century.
During the Thirty Years' War, the monastery was plundered in 1631 and 1632, and in one case the abbess and nuns were abducted by the Swedes. There were also three floods in the 18th century. In the following years, flooding of the buildings and farmstead, as well as the monastery church, from the Holtemme river caused considerable disruption in some cases. There were also several fire disasters.
In the course of secularization, the monastery was closed and sold on October 1, 1810 by decision of the authorities of the Kingdom of Westphalia.
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Location: Halberstadt, Landkreis Harz, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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St. Burchardi Monastery

1. Klus Rocks – St. Burchardi Monastery loop from Halberstadt-Spiegelsberge

2. St. Burchardi Monastery – Cathedral Square, Halberstadt loop from Halberstadt Oststraße

3. Kloster St. Burchardi – Poetengang Wooden Bridge loop from Sargstedter Siedlung

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