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Bergen auf Rügen Abbey

Bergen auf Rügen, Germany

Bergen auf Rügen Abbey
Bergen auf Rügen Abbey. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Bergen auf Rügen Abbey (Kloster Bergen auf Rügen) was a monastery for Cistercian nuns established on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen. It lasted from the end of the 12th century to the early 16th century as a Roman-Catholic monastery and then, until 1945, as a Protestant aristocratic nunnery.

Monastery data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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