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Ebstorf Abbey, the Glossary

Ebstorf Abbey (Abtei Ebstorf or Kloster Ebstorf) is a Lutheran convent of nuns that is located near the Lower Saxon town of Uelzen, in Germany.^[1]

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36 relations: Abbess, Baptismal font, Benedictines, Brick Gothic, Bursfelde Congregation, Canon regular, Celle, Cloister, Convent, County of Dannenberg, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Ebstorf Map, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick, George IV, Hanover, Henry the Lion, House of Welf, Kingdom of Hanover, Lower Saxony, Lutheranism, Mappa mundi, Marian devotions, Mary, mother of Jesus, Middle Ages, Nun, Patron saint, Pilgrimage, Premonstratensians, Priory, Provost (religion), Pulpit, Reformation, Saint Maurice, Stained glass, Uelzen, Walsrode Abbey.
Benedictine nunneries in Germany
Lutheran women's convents
Monasteries in Lower Saxony
Premonstratensian monasteries in Germany
Uelzen (district)

Abbess

An abbess (Latin: abbatissa) is the female superior of a community of nuns in an abbey.

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A baptismal font is an ecclesiastical architectural element, which serves as a receptacle for baptismal water used for baptism, as a part of Christian initiation for both rites of infant and adult baptism.

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Benedictines

The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.

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Brick Gothic

Brick Gothic (Backsteingotik, Gotyk ceglany, Baksteengotiek) is a specific style of Gothic architecture common in Northeast and Central Europe especially in the regions in and around the Baltic Sea, which do not have resources of standing rock (though glacial boulders are sometimes available).

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Bursfelde Congregation

The Bursfelde Congregation, also called Bursfelde Union, was a union of predominantly west and central German Benedictine monasteries, of both men and women, working for the reform of Benedictine practice.

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Canon regular

The Canons Regular of St. Augustine are priests who live in community under a rule (and κανών, kanon, in Greek) and are generally organised into religious orders, differing from both secular canons and other forms of religious life, such as clerics regular, designated by a partly similar terminology.

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Celle

Celle is a town and capital of the district of Celle in Lower Saxony, in north-central Germany.

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Cloister

A cloister (from Latin, "enclosure") is a covered walk, open gallery, or open arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth.

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Convent

A convent is a community of monks, nuns, friars or religious sisters.

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County of Dannenberg

The County of Dannenberg (Grafschaft Dannenberg) was a fief in the Duchy of Saxony.

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Deutscher Kunstverlag

The Deutscher Kunstverlag (DKV) is an educational publishing house with offices in Berlin and Munich.

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Ebstorf Map

The Ebstorf Map was an example of a mappa mundi (a Medieval European map of the world). Ebstorf Abbey and Ebstorf Map are Uelzen (district).

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Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick

Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Ernst der Bekenner; 27 June 1497 – 11 January 1546), also frequently called Ernest the Confessor, was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a champion of the Protestant cause during the early years of the Protestant Reformation.

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George IV

George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death in 1830.

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Hanover

Hanover (Hannover; Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony.

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Henry the Lion

Henry the Lion (Heinrich der Löwe; 1129/1131 – 6 August 1195), also known as Henry III, Duke of Saxony (ruled 1142-1180) and Henry XII, Duke of Bavaria (ruled 1156-1180), was a member of the Welf dynasty.

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House of Welf

The House of Welf (also Guelf or Guelph) is a European dynasty that has included many German and British monarchs from the 11th to 20th century and Emperor Ivan VI of Russia in the 18th century.

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Kingdom of Hanover

The Kingdom of Hanover (Königreich Hannover) was established in October 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III to his Hanoverian territories after the Napoleonic era.

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Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state in northwestern Germany.

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Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that identifies primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church ended the Middle Ages and, in 1517, launched the Reformation.

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Mappa mundi

A mappa mundi (Latin; plural.

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Marian devotions

Marian devotions are external pious practices directed to the person of Mary, mother of Jesus, by members of certain Christian traditions.

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Mary, mother of Jesus

Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Nun

A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to religious service and contemplation, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or convent.

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Patron saint

A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person.

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Pilgrimage

A pilgrimage is a journey to a holy place, which can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life.

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Premonstratensians

The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), is a religious order of canons regular of the Catholic Church founded in Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by Norbert of Xanten, who later became Archbishop of Magdeburg.

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Priory

A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress.

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Provost (religion)

A provost is a senior official in a number of Christian churches.

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Pulpit

A pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church.

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Reformation

The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church.

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Saint Maurice

Maurice (also Moritz, Morris, or Mauritius) was an Egyptian military leader who headed the legendary Theban Legion of Rome in the 3rd century, and is one of the favourite and most widely venerated saints of that martyred group. He is the patron saint of several professions, locales, and kingdoms.

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Stained glass

Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it.

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Uelzen

Uelzen (Ülz'n), officially the Hanseatic Town of Uelzen (Hansestadt Uelzen), is a town in northeast Lower Saxony, Germany, and capital of the district of Uelzen. Ebstorf Abbey and Uelzen are Uelzen (district).

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Walsrode Abbey

Walsrode Abbey (German: Kloster Walsrode) in Walsrode, Germany, is one of the historic monasteries of Benedictine nuns on the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany which are collectively known as the Lüneklöster. Ebstorf Abbey and Walsrode Abbey are Benedictine nunneries in Germany, Lüneburg Heath, Lutheran women's convents and monasteries in Lower Saxony.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebstorf_Abbey

Also known as Kloster Ebstorf.

Ebstorf Abbey, the Glossary

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See also

Benedictine nunneries in Germany

Lutheran women's convents

Monasteries in Lower Saxony

Premonstratensian monasteries in Germany

Uelzen (district)

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