Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Saale

After Bishop Udo I of Naumburg who belonged to the House of the Ludowingers, had met Bernard of Clairvaux at the Imperial Diet in Liège in 1131, the Cistercian monastery founded a few years earlier in Schmölln was moved to the Saale River in 1137 and given the name "Claustrum apud Portam". The monks farmed the land around the monastery and made it one of the richest monasteries in East Thuringia. The monastery church was built in 1150 as a Romanesque basilica and rebuilt from 1251 to 1320 to become today's Gothic monastery church. After the monastery was secularized in 1540, the Saxon Duke Moritz founded one of the three Saxon princely schools here in 1543, in whose tradition the school "Landesschule Pforta", which is still housed in the former monastery buildings, stands The abbot`s chapel was built around 1240 as the chapel for the hospital. Until the 19th century the school used the chapel as a laundry and a place to store wood.

After Bishop Udo I of Naumburg who belonged to the House of the Ludowingers, had met Bernard of Clairvaux at the Imperial Diet in Liège in 1131, the Cistercian monastery founded a few years earlier in Schmölln was moved to the Saale River in 1137 and given the name "Claustrum apud Portam". The monks farmed the land around the monastery and made it one of the richest monasteries in East Thuringia. The monastery church was built in 1150 as a Romanesque basilica and rebuilt from 1251 to 1320 to become today's Gothic monastery church. After the monastery was secularized in 1540, the Saxon Duke Moritz founded one of the three Saxon princely schools here in 1543, in whose tradition the school "Landesschule Pforta", which is still housed in the former monastery buildings, stands The abbot`s chapel was built around 1240 as the chapel for the hospital. Until the 19th century the school used the chapel as a laundry and a place to store wood.

After Bishop Udo I of Naumburg who belonged to the House of the Ludowingers, had met Bernard of Clairvaux at the Imperial Diet in Liège in 1131, the Cistercian monastery founded a few years earlier in Schmölln was moved to the Saale River in 1137 and given the name "Claustrum apud Portam". The monks farmed the land around the monastery and made it one of the richest monasteries in East Thuringia. The monastery church was built in 1150 as a Romanesque basilica and rebuilt from 1251 to 1320 to become today's Gothic monastery church. After the monastery was secularized in 1540, the Saxon Duke Moritz founded one of the three Saxon princely schools here in 1543, in whose tradition the school "Landesschule Pforta", which is still housed in the former monastery buildings, stands

After Bishop Udo I of Naumburg who belonged to the House of the Ludowingers, had met Bernard of Clairvaux at the Imperial Diet in Liège in 1131, the Cistercian monastery founded a few years earlier in Schmölln was moved to the Saale River in 1137 and given the name "Claustrum apud Portam". The monks farmed the land around the monastery and made it one of the richest monasteries in East Thuringia. The monastery church was built in 1150 as a Romanesque basilica and rebuilt from 1251 to 1320 to become today's Gothic monastery church. After the monastery was secularized in 1540, the Saxon Duke Moritz founded one of the three Saxon princely schools here in 1543, in whose tradition the school "Landesschule Pforta", which is still housed in the former monastery buildings, stands The cloister.

After Bishop Udo I of Naumburg who belonged to the House of the Ludowingers, had met Bernard of Clairvaux at the Imperial Diet in Liège in 1131, the Cistercian monastery founded a few years earlier in Schmölln was moved to the Saale River in 1137 and given the name "Claustrum apud Portam". The monks farmed the land around the monastery and made it one of the richest monasteries in East Thuringia. The monastery church was built in 1150 as a Romanesque basilica and rebuilt from 1251 to 1320 to become today's Gothic monastery church. After the monastery was secularized in 1540, the Saxon Duke Moritz founded one of the three Saxon princely schools here in 1543, in whose tradition the school "Landesschule Pforta", which is still housed in the former monastery buildings, stands After the monastery had become a school, the students obviously felt free to carve names and dates not only into the choir stalls but as well into the hard stones of the former cloister.

After Bishop Udo I of Naumburg who belonged to the House of the Ludowingers, had met Bernard of Clairvaux at the Imperial Diet in Liège in 1131, the Cistercian monastery founded a few years earlier in Schmölln was moved to the Saale River in 1137 and given the name "Claustrum apud Portam". The monks farmed the land around the monastery and made it one of the richest monasteries in East Thuringia. The monastery church was built in 1150 as a Romanesque basilica and rebuilt from 1251 to 1320 to become today's Gothic monastery church. After the monastery was secularized in 1540, the Saxon Duke Moritz founded one of the three Saxon princely schools here in 1543, in whose tradition the school "Landesschule Pforta", which is still housed in the former monastery buildings, stands After the monastery had become a school, the students obviously felt free to carve names and dates in the choir stalls

After Bishop Udo I of Naumburg who belonged to the House of the Ludowingers, had met Bernard of Clairvaux at the Imperial Diet in Liège in 1131, the Cistercian monastery founded a few years earlier in Schmölln was moved to the Saale River in 1137 and given the name "Claustrum apud Portam". The monks farmed the land around the monastery and made it one of the richest monasteries in East Thuringia. The monastery church was built in 1150 as a Romanesque basilica and rebuilt from 1251 to 1320 to become today's Gothic monastery church. After the monastery was secularized in 1540, the Saxon Duke Moritz founded one of the three Saxon princely schools here in 1543, in whose tradition the school "Landesschule Pforta", which is still housed in the former monastery buildings, stands The rose window of the abbey church. The medieval glazing is almost completely preserved. It shows how sparingly the Cistercians used colors.

After Bishop Udo I of Naumburg who belonged to the House of the Ludowingers, had met Bernard of Clairvaux at the Imperial Diet in Liège in 1131, the Cistercian monastery founded a few years earlier in Schmölln was moved to the Saale River in 1137 and given the name "Claustrum apud Portam". The monks farmed the land around the monastery and made it one of the richest monasteries in East Thuringia. The monastery church was built in 1150 as a Romanesque basilica and rebuilt from 1251 to 1320 to become today's Gothic monastery church. After the monastery was secularized in 1540, the Saxon Duke Moritz founded one of the three Saxon princely schools here in 1543, in whose tradition the school "Landesschule Pforta", which is still housed in the former monastery buildings, stands The triumphal cross is made of oak and dates from around 1260. It is 5 m high and 3 m wide. Since Bernard of Clairvaux rejected carvings, the Cistercians painted the body here

After Bishop Udo I of Naumburg who belonged to the House of the Ludowingers, had met Bernard of Clairvaux at the Imperial Diet in Liège in 1131, the Cistercian monastery founded a few years earlier in Schmölln was moved to the Saale River in 1137 and given the name "Claustrum apud Portam". The monks farmed the land around the monastery and made it one of the richest monasteries in East Thuringia. The monastery church was built in 1150 as a Romanesque basilica and rebuilt from 1251 to 1320 to become today's Gothic monastery church. After the monastery was secularized in 1540, the Saxon Duke Moritz founded one of the three Saxon princely schools here in 1543, in whose tradition the school "Landesschule Pforta", which is still housed in the former monastery buildings, stands The nave of the abbey church.

After Bishop Udo I of Naumburg who belonged to the House of the Ludowingers, had met Bernard of Clairvaux at the Imperial Diet in Liège in 1131, the Cistercian monastery founded a few years earlier in Schmölln was moved to the Saale River in 1137 and given the name "Claustrum apud Portam". The monks farmed the land around the monastery and made it one of the richest monasteries in East Thuringia. The monastery church was built in 1150 as a Romanesque basilica and rebuilt from 1251 to 1320 to become today's Gothic monastery church. After the monastery was secularized in 1540, the Saxon Duke Moritz founded one of the three Saxon princely schools here in 1543, in whose tradition the school "Landesschule Pforta", which is still housed in the former monastery buildings, stands The portal of the western facade of the abbey church. Probably built after 1300.

After Bishop Udo I of Naumburg who belonged to the House of the Ludowingers, had met Bernard of Clairvaux at the Imperial Diet in Liège in 1131, the Cistercian monastery founded a few years earlier in Schmölln was moved to the Saale River in 1137 and given the name "Claustrum apud Portam". The monks farmed the land around the monastery and made it one of the richest monasteries in East Thuringia. The monastery church was built in 1150 as a Romanesque basilica and rebuilt from 1251 to 1320 to become today's Gothic monastery church. After the monastery was secularized in 1540, the Saxon Duke Moritz founded one of the three Saxon princely schools here in 1543, in whose tradition the school "Landesschule Pforta", which is still housed in the former monastery buildings, stands

Merseburg was first mentioned in 850. King König Heinrich I. (Henry the Fowler) built a royal palace at Merseburg after having married the daughter of Count Erwin of Merseburg, so that the place came under the rule of the Saxon dynasty. In 955, after finally defeating the Hungarians at the Battle of Lechfeld, King Otto I vowed to found a diocese. Otto I founded the archbishopric of Magdeburg in 968 with the suffragan bishopric Merseburg, but the diocese was dissolved in 981 and only re-established in 1004 by King Heinrich II. Until the Protestant Reformation, Merseburg was the seat of the Bishop of Merseburg, in addition to being for a time the residence of the margraves of Meissen. It was a favorite residence of the German kings during the 10th, 11th and 12th centuries. Fifteen diets were held here during the Middle Ages, during which time its fairs enjoyed the importance which was afterward transferred to those of Leipzig. In the years 1218/19, the area on the left bank of the Saale was protected by a city wall that adjoined the already fortified "Domfreiheit". Civil self-government of the city was first mentioned in 1289. In 1428, Merseburg, together with other towns and against the resistance of the bishops, joined the Hanseatic League, to which it was to belong until at least 1604. The town suffered severely during the German Peasants' War and also during the Thirty Years' War. The Saale river and in the background the cathedral and the castle.