"Boitzenburger Land - definitively a... " a Boitzenburg Travel Page by Maria250

"..As if we were to walk to catch the sun its rays began to shine in glistering light after that long rain.. and nothing could have made this landscape look lovelier. When we reached Boitzenburg's convent, having passed Grabow, Ludwigslust, Hagenow in quick succession, the sky has cleared up completely and gave us a chance to view this pretty little town and its refreshing surroundings.. everything seems to change as if by magic. One may here behold a most picturesque rural scene. Here and there another village with its friendly church steeple, brooks winding in zig-zag lines through the little valley. Little forests here and there, proud to show off in their new spring coats, all of which combines the views on the low lands of the river Elbe.."

"Alternate Names: conventus sancta Marie in boycenborg, monasterium sanctimonialium in Boicenborch ordis Cisterciensis

Town: Boitzenburg

Region: Brandenburg

Modern Location: between Prenzlau and Templin

Dedication: saint Mary

Date Founded: circa 1271

Date Terminated: 1536

Foundation Information: This female Cistercian house was founded by Johann II, Otto IV, and Konrad, margraves of Brandenburg, according to a donation charter of 1271. Already prior to 1281 the convent was united with the female Benedictine house of Marienpforte near Stegelitz.

Order: Cistercian

Rule: Benedictine

Social Characteristics: Daughters of the landed nobility as well as daughters of the urban patriciate joined this community and are attested to as nuns, cantrix, porteresses, sacristans, prioresses and abbesses.

Assets Property: The convent owned land, mills, villages, and had patronage rights in various churches. During the fourteenth century the convent's land holdings streached towards the west in the direction of Fuerstenberg. When Hans von Arnim purchased all the convent's holdings in 1539, he purchased all the villages, fiefs, rents, tithes, outbuildings, fisheries, ponds, mills, water, woods, fields, and hunting rights as well as income from legal fees that the community had in its possession..

Income: The convent holdings encompassed a wide, round region in the northern Uckermark, with income from 27 villages and properties and from income in the cities of Wittstock, Fürstenberg, Templin, and Prenzlau."

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"Next to Boitzenburg's former nunnery you can visit a three storey, turbine driven water mill. The ruins of the Cistercian nunnery are located at the entrance of the "Tiergarten" park with its 300-900 year old oak trees.. Here you will discover a real gem that shows the unity between nature and culture surrounded by mighty 500 year old linden trees. The "Fachwerkkirche" (Half-timbered church building) former chapel of the Placht estate is evidence of Hugenot immigration because of its architectural resemblance to half-timbered buildings in Northern France"