Monastery of Helfta
The monastery of Helfta is a Cistercian monastery of nuns in the city of Eisleben. It was originally active between 1229 and 1545, and was restored in 1999.Photo: Rabanus Flavus, CC0.
- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: monastery in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
- Also known as: “Kloster Helfta” and “Kloster St. Marien zu Helfta”
- Address: Helfta, Lutherstadt Eisleben, 06295
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Martin Luther’s Birth House and Martin Luther’s Death House.
Martin Luther’s Birth House
Museum
Photo: Con2tto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Martin Luther's Birth House is a building and museum in Eisleben, Germany. The German religious reformer Martin Luther was born there in 1483. However, the actual house in which Luther was born no longer exists, it having been burnt completely to the ground in 1689. Martin Luther’s Birth House is situated 3 km northwest of Monastery of Helfta.
Martin Luther’s Death House
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Martin Luther's Death House is a historic building in Eisleben, Saxony-Anhalt Germany, long regarded as the place where the influential theologian Martin Luther died on 18 February 1546. Martin Luther’s Death House is situated 3 km northwest of Monastery of Helfta.
Lutherstadt Eisleben station
Railway station
Photo: Pomfuttge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lutherstadt Eisleben station is a railway station in the municipality of Lutherstadt Eisleben, located in the Mansfeld-Südharz district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Lutherstadt Eisleben station is situated 2 km northwest of Monastery of Helfta.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wolferode and Wimmelburg.
Wimmelburg
Village
Photo: Pomfuttge, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wimmelburg is a municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wimmelburg is situated 4½ km west of Monastery of Helfta.
Hedersleben
Village
Hedersleben is a village and a former municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Eisleben. Hedersleben is situated 6 km northeast of Monastery of Helfta.
Monastery of Helfta
- Categories: Cistercian nunnery, abbey, historic site, and religion
- Location: Eisleben, Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.50933° or 51° 30′ 34″ northLongitude
11.5787° or 11° 34′ 43″ eastOpen location code
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denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Monastery of Helfta” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Helftako komentua”
- Czech: “klášter Helfta”
- Czech: “Klášter Helfta”
- Czech: “Mystičky z Helfty”
- German: “Kloster Helfta”
- German: “Zisterzienserinnenkloster St. Marien zu Helfta (bei Eisleben), später Neuenhelfta”
- Hungarian: “Helfta kolostor”
- Italian: “convento di Helfta”
- Japanese: “ヘルフタ修道院”
- Polish: “Klasztor Helfta”
- Russian: “Гельфтский монастырь”
- Spanish: “Convento de Helfta”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Helfta”
- Welsh: “Kloster Helfta”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kloster St. Marien zu Helfta and Liboriushaus.
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