Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Graf Wale

There is a legend around the foundation of the Walsrode Monastery by Count Wale. When the count had to leave his nearby castle he got stuck in the swamp with his wagon in the area of today's Walsrode. He saw this as a divine sign to buy the place and to found a canonesses monastery together with his wife Odelinth in the mid of the 10th century. The first abbess was probably their daughter Mechthildis. The Benedictine Rule was introduced in 1255. Due to a lightning strike the monastery burnt down in 1482 In 1528 Duke Ernst "The Confessor of Brunswick" introduced the Lutheran Reformation, but the convent refused to accept the new confession for a long time. It took up to 1570, before the convent was Lutheran throughout. In contrast to other monasteries, the monastic positions in Walsrode were reserved for the daughters of the nobility (the first "bourgeois" abbess was introduced in 1980). In 1812 Napoleon´s soldiers occupied the convent, expelled the convent ladies and sold furniture and art objects. After a year, the ladies returned to the looted convent. Today, women who have a professional and family life behind them live here as convent ladies. Prerequisites for admission to the convent are active membership in a Protestant church, the status "single" also in the sense of widowed or divorced, an own supply of food, the willingness to fit into a community and the interest in bringing the convent and its art treasures closer to the visitors. The chapel´s stained-glass windows were produced in Lueneburg in 1483.

There is a legend around the foundation of the Walsrode Monastery by Count Wale. When the count had to leave his nearby castle he got stuck in the swamp with his wagon in the area of today's Walsrode. He saw this as a divine sign to buy the place and to found a canonesses monastery together with his wife Odelinth in the mid of the 10th century. The first abbess was probably their daughter Mechthildis. The Benedictine Rule was introduced in 1255. Due to a lightning strike the monastery burnt down in 1482 In 1528 Duke Ernst "The Confessor of Brunswick" introduced the Lutheran Reformation, but the convent refused to accept the new confession for a long time. It took up to 1570, before the convent was Lutheran throughout. In contrast to other monasteries, the monastic positions in Walsrode were reserved for the daughters of the nobility (the first "bourgeois" abbess was introduced in 1980). In 1812 Napoleon´s soldiers occupied the convent, expelled the convent ladies and sold furniture and art objects. After a year, the ladies returned to the looted convent. Today, women who have a professional and family life behind them live here as convent ladies. Prerequisites for admission to the convent are active membership in a Protestant church, the status "single" also in the sense of widowed or divorced, an own supply of food, the willingness to fit into a community and the interest in bringing the convent and its art treasures closer to the visitors. All abbesses since the Reformation can be found on this board.

There is a legend around the foundation of the Walsrode Monastery by Count Wale. When the count had to leave his nearby castle he got stuck in the swamp with his wagon in the area of today's Walsrode. He saw this as a divine sign to buy the place and to found a canonesses monastery together with his wife Odelinth in the mid of the 10th century. The first abbess was probably their daughter Mechthildis. The Benedictine Rule was introduced in 1255. Due to a lightning strike the monastery burnt down in 1482 In 1528 Duke Ernst "The Confessor of Brunswick" introduced the Lutheran Reformation, but the convent refused to accept the new confession for a long time. It took up to 1570, before the convent was Lutheran throughout. In contrast to other monasteries, the monastic positions in Walsrode were reserved for the daughters of the nobility (the first "bourgeois" abbess was introduced in 1980). In 1812 Napoleon´s soldiers occupied the convent, expelled the convent ladies and sold furniture and art objects. After a year, the ladies returned to the looted convent. Today, women who have a professional and family life behind them live here as convent ladies. Prerequisites for admission to the convent are active membership in a Protestant church, the status "single" also in the sense of widowed or divorced, an own supply of food, the willingness to fit into a community and the interest in bringing the convent and its art treasures closer to the visitors. These large chests contained the possessions of the noble ladies when they moved in.

There is a legend around the foundation of the Walsrode Monastery by Count Wale. When the count had to leave his nearby castle he got stuck in the swamp with his wagon in the area of today's Walsrode. He saw this as a divine sign to buy the place and to found a canonesses monastery together with his wife Odelinth in the mid of the 10th century. The first abbess was probably their daughter Mechthildis. The Benedictine Rule was introduced in 1255. Due to a lightning strike the monastery burnt down in 1482 In 1528 Duke Ernst "The Confessor of Brunswick" introduced the Lutheran Reformation, but the convent refused to accept the new confession for a long time. It took up to 1570, before the convent was Lutheran throughout. In contrast to other monasteries, the monastic positions in Walsrode were reserved for the daughters of the nobility (the first "bourgeois" abbess was introduced in 1980). In 1812 Napoleon´s soldiers occupied the convent, expelled the convent ladies and sold furniture and art objects. After a year, the ladies returned to the looted convent. Today, women who have a professional and family life behind them live here as convent ladies. Prerequisites for admission to the convent are active membership in a Protestant church, the status "single" also in the sense of widowed or divorced, an own supply of food, the willingness to fit into a community and the interest in bringing the convent and its art treasures closer to the visitors. The long hallway is decorated with the coats of arms of noble ladies.

There is a legend around the foundation of the Walsrode Monastery by Count Wale. When the count had to leave his nearby castle he got stuck in the swamp with his wagon in the area of today's Walsrode. He saw this as a divine sign to buy the place and to found a canonesses monastery together with his wife Odelinth in the mid of the 10th century. The first abbess was probably their daughter Mechthildis. The Benedictine Rule was introduced in 1255. Due to a lightning strike the monastery burnt down in 1482 In 1528 Duke Ernst "The Confessor of Brunswick" introduced the Lutheran Reformation, but the convent refused to accept the new confession for a long time. It took up to 1570, before the convent was Lutheran throughout. In contrast to other monasteries, the monastic positions in Walsrode were reserved for the daughters of the nobility (the first "bourgeois" abbess was introduced in 1980). In 1812 Napoleon´s soldiers occupied the convent, expelled the convent ladies and sold furniture and art objects. After a year, the ladies returned to the looted convent. Today, women who have a professional and family life behind them live here as convent ladies. Prerequisites for admission to the convent are active membership in a Protestant church, the status "single" also in the sense of widowed or divorced, an own supply of food, the willingness to fit into a community and the interest in bringing the convent and closer to the visitors.

There is a legend around the foundation of the Walsrode Monastery by Count Wale. When the count had to leave his nearby castle he got stuck in the swamp with his wagon in the area of today's Walsrode. He saw this as a divine sign to buy the place and found a monastery there. He named the place "Walesrode" The settlement that developed around the monastery was repeatedly caught up in the military conflicts from 1371 onwards. The village was helplessly exposed to the frequent looting and pillaging by the troops and was burned down by soldiers from Bremen in 1381. The citizens were allowed after that by the Saxon dukes to build fortifications. They laid out a large moat and erected four city gates. The Reformation was very slow to take hold in the area. Duke Ernst sent the preacher Henning Kelp to Walsrode around 1528 so that the monastery would be reformed, but the resistance of the canonesses and the rural population continued for decades. It was not until 1574 that the Reformation was considered complete in the monastery of Walsrode. The "Stadtkirche", dedicated to "St. John the Baptist" was erected in classicist style 1848 -1850. There were at least three predecessor churches, built in the 10th, 12th and 15th centuries. The "Walsroder Kruzifix" ("Walsrode crucifix"), carved around 1500 from the studio of the artist Hans Brüggemann, who was born around 1480 in Walsrode. It is known especially for the "Bordesholm Altar", now in the Schleswig Cathedral.

There is a legend around the foundation of the Walsrode Monastery by Count Wale. When the count had to leave his nearby castle he got stuck in the swamp with his wagon in the area of today's Walsrode. He saw this as a divine sign to buy the place and found a monastery there. He named the place "Walesrode" The settlement that developed around the monastery was repeatedly caught up in the military conflicts from 1371 onwards. The village was helplessly exposed to the frequent looting and pillaging by the troops and was burned down by soldiers from Bremen in 1381. The citizens were allowed after that by the Saxon dukes to build fortifications. They laid out a large moat and erected four city gates. The Reformation was very slow to take hold in the area. Duke Ernst sent the preacher Henning Kelp to Walsrode around 1528 so that the monastery would be reformed, but the resistance of the canonesses and the rural population continued for decades. It was not until 1574 that the Reformation was considered complete in the monastery of Walsrode. The "Stadtkirche", dedicated to "St. John the Baptist" was erected in classicist style 1848 -1850. There were at least three predecessor churches, built in the 10th, 12th and 15th centuries. Pictures of two pious men. Epitaphs of former Lutheran pastors with nice Baroque hairdos. To the left Gabriel Meyer (1608 - 1679), to the right Meyer´s successor Superintendent Rudolphus Lodemann (1639 - 1714).

There is a legend around the foundation of the Walsrode Monastery by Count Wale. When the count had to leave his nearby castle he got stuck in the swamp with his wagon in the area of today's Walsrode. He saw this as a divine sign to buy the place and found a monastery there. He named the place "Walesrode" The settlement that developed around the monastery was repeatedly caught up in the military conflicts from 1371 onwards. The village was helplessly exposed to the frequent looting and pillaging by the troops and was burned down by soldiers from Bremen in 1381. The citizens were allowed after that by the Saxon dukes to build fortifications. They laid out a large moat and erected four city gates. The Reformation was very slow to take hold in the area. Duke Ernst sent the preacher Henning Kelp to Walsrode around 1528 so that the monastery would be reformed, but the resistance of the canonesses and the rural population continued for decades. It was not until 1574 that the Reformation was considered complete in the monastery of Walsrode. The "Stadtkirche", dedicated to "St. John the Baptist" was erected in classicist style 1848 -1850. There were at least three predecessor churches, built in the 10th, 12th and 15th centuries.

There is a legend around the foundation of the Walsrode Monastery by Count Wale. When the count had to leave his nearby castle he got stuck in the swamp with his wagon in the area of today's Walsrode. He saw this as a divine sign to buy the place and found a monastery there. He named the place "Walesrode" The settlement that developed around the monastery was repeatedly caught up in the military conflicts from 1371 onwards. The village was helplessly exposed to the frequent looting and pillaging by the troops and was burned down by soldiers from Bremen in 1381. The citizens were allowed after that by the Saxon dukes to build fortifications. They laid out a large moat and erected four city gates. The Reformation was very slow to take hold in the area. Duke Ernst sent the preacher Henning Kelp to Walsrode around 1528 so that the monastery would be reformed, but the resistance of the canonesses and the rural population continued for decades. It was not until 1574 that the Reformation was considered complete in the monastery of Walsrode. The "Stadtkirche", dedicated to "St. John the Baptist" was erected in classicist style 1848 -1850. There were at least three predecessor churches, built in the 10th, 12th and 15th centuries. The massive tower is from 1786. Wall to wall to the south stands the smaller monastery church.