Himmelpforten Convent
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Himmelpforten Convent was founded as a monastery of nuns following the Cistercian Rule during the 13th century in Himmelpforten, in today's Lower Saxony, Germany. During the 16th century, it was conve
The former convent compound around the church (Kirche) with bailiff's house (1), bailiff's office (2), pastorate (3), sexton's house (4), water mill (5), nuns' cemetery (6) and parish cemetery (7), buildings of 1788 pasted over today's structures.
The northern façade of the abbey was kept and integrated into today's St. Mary's Church
Bremen Cathedral
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Bremen Cathedral, named after St. Peter, is a church situated in the market square in the center of Bremen. The cathedral belongs to the Bremian Evangelical Church, a member of the umbrella organizati
Bremen Cathedral, northern façade
Plan of the cathedral before 1888 (in the south still connected to the cloister, which was destroyed by a fire in 1912)