LEHNIN ABBEY - KLOSTER LEHNIN
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A former monastery founded in 1180, now a Lutheran foundation, hosts the annual Medieval Music Festival.
Let's say it right now: Lehnin has no connection with Lenin, except for their pronunciation. Brandenburg is known for the Cistercian monasteries which, during the Ostkolonization at the end of the 12th century, established themselves to evangelize the March, of which they became one of the major political forces. The Cistercian Order left France and had spread throughout Europe in the 12th century, under the leadership of the charismatic Bernard of Clairvaux. This new and intrepid Christian ideology served as a pretext for the German lords of the Middle Ages to colonize new lands to the east, mainly populated by pagan Slavs.
Kloster Lehnin, in the heart of the Zaucha, is the oldest of the Cistercian monasteries of the Brandenburg March, founded in 1180 by Margrave Otto I. Today it is occupied by a Lutheran foundation. Even if it is not the most beautiful of the monasteries, a stop is necessary, both for the austere atmosphere and for the buildings to be admired. In the forefront is the sober red brick church of St. Mary, considered one of the jewels of the genre. Numerous outbuildings have retained a medieval appearance (the grain store, the falconers' house, St. Elisabeth's house) and a museum in the former baroque administration building (Amtshaus) traces the history of Kloster Lehnin. The former abbey, together with that of Zinna, hosts the annual Musica Mediaevalis Medieval Music Festival.
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