Key facts
- Location
- Maulbronn , Germany
- Official name
- Maulbronn Monastery Complex
- Criteria
- Cultural (ii), (iv)
- Reference
- 546rev
- Inscription
- 1993 (17th Session )
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Encyclopedic overview
Maulbronn Monastery (German: Kloster Maulbronn) is a former Cistercian abbey and ecclesiastical state in the Holy Roman Empire located at Maulbronn, Baden-Württemberg. The monastery complex, one of the best-preserved in Europe, was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993.
The monastery was founded in 1147 and experienced rapid economic and political growth in the 12th century, but then hardship in the late 13th century and the 14th century. Prosperity returned in the 15th century and lasted until Maulbronn was annexed by the Duchy of Württemberg in 1504. Over the 16th century, the Cistercian monastery was dissolved and replaced with a Protestant seminary. It also became the seat of an important administrative district of the Duchy and later Kingdom of Württemberg.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maulbronn Monastery” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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