Medingen Abbey
Medingen Abbey or Medingen Convent is a convent for women of the Evangelical Lutheran faith near the Lower Saxon town of Bad Bevensen and is supervised by the Monastic Chamber of Hanover.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: convent in Bad Bevensen, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Also known as: “Maria Medingen”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Mauritius and St. Joseph.
St. Joseph
Church
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St. Joseph is a church, which is situated 1¼ km southeast of Medingen Abbey.
Bad Bevensen station
Railway station
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Bad Bevensen station is a railway station, which is situated 1½ km south of Medingen Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Medingen and Edendorf.
Medingen
Suburb
Medingen is a village in the borough of Bad Bevensen in the German state of Lower Saxony. In the 14th century it was called Zellensen. In the 17th century a monastic farm estate known as Klosterhof Medingen where, 50 years ago, a Trakehner stud was established.
Edendorf
Village
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Edendorf is a village, which is situated 5 km north of Medingen Abbey.
Wichmannsburg
Village
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Wichmannsburg is a village, which is situated 6 km northwest of Medingen Abbey.
Medingen Abbey
- Categories: museum, monastic community, religious organization, and religion
- Location: Bad Bevensen, Uelzen, Lüneburg Heath, Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.09178° or 53° 5′ 30″ northLongitude
10.56482° or 10° 33′ 53″ eastOpen location code
9F5G3HR7+PWOpenStreetMap ID
way 510410844OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=religiousOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheranWikidata ID
Q15252661
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Medingen Abbey” goes by many names.
- French: “Kloster Medingen”
- German: “Kloster Medingen”
- German: “St._Mauritius_(Medingen)”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kloster Medingen and Alter Friedhof Medingen.
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