Kloster Mariensee

The Kloster Mariensee (i.e. Mariensee Convent) is an Evangelical Lutheran women's convent in Mariensee, a district of Neustadt am Rübenberge close to Hanover. It is one of five Calenberg Convents, which are administered by the Klosterkammer Hannover.

History
The Kloster Mariensee was founded in 1207 as a Cistercian women's monastery by Bernard II, Count of Wölpe and endowed with a vast landownership.

Furnishings
Tapestry „Das Jüngste Gericht“ (The Judgment Day)

Literature

 * Ernst Andreas Friedrich: Wenn Steine reden könnten. Band IV. Landbuch-Verlag, Hannover 1998, ISBN 3-7842-0558-5
 * Bärbel Görcke: Kloster Mariensee. In: Evangelische Klöster in Niedersachsen. Rostock 2008, ISBN 978-3-356-01249-1
 * Wilhelm von Hodenberg (Hrsg.): Archiv des Klosters Mariensee (= Calenberger Urkundenbuch; 5. Abtheilung). Jänecke, Hannover 1858 (uni-goettingen.de)