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Vessra Abbey (Kloster Veßra) was a Premonstratensian monastery in the village also named Kloster Veßra in the district of Hildburghausen, Thuringia, Germany.[1]

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  1. 18 relations: Bibra family, Collective farming, Deutscher Kunstverlag, East Germany, Germany, Hildburghausen (district), House monastery, House of Henneberg, Kloster Veßra, Mary, mother of Jesus, Papal appointment, Premonstratensians, Reformation, Romanesque architecture, Schleuse, Thuringia, Werra, World War II.

  2. 1130s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
  3. Buildings and structures in Hildburghausen (district)
  4. House of Henneberg
  5. Monasteries in Thuringia
  6. Museums in Thuringia
  7. Open-air museums in Germany
  8. Premonstratensian monasteries in Germany

Bibra family

The House of Bibra was one of the leading Uradel (ancient noble) families in Franconia (northern part of Bavaria) and present day Thuringia from the mid-15th century to about 1600.

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Collective farming

Collective farming and communal farming are various types of "agricultural production in which multiple farmers run their holdings as a joint enterprise".

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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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East Germany

East Germany (Ostdeutschland), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik,, DDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Hildburghausen (district)

Hildburghausen is a district in Thuringia, Germany.

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House monastery

A house monastery, family monastery or dynastic monastery (Hauskloster) is a Christian monastery that has a particular relationship with a noble family.

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House of Henneberg

The House of Henneberg was a medieval German comital family (Grafen) which from the 11th century onwards held large territories in the Duchy of Franconia.

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Kloster Veßra

Kloster Veßra is a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen in Thuringia, Germany.

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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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Papal appointment

Papal appointment was a medieval method of selecting the Pope.

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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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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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Romanesque architecture

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries.

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Schleuse

Schleuse is a river of Thuringia, Germany.

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Thuringia

Thuringia, officially the Free State of Thuringia, is a state of central Germany, covering, the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states.

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Werra

The Werra, a river in central Germany, is the right-bank headwater of the Weser.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

1130s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire

Buildings and structures in Hildburghausen (district)

House of Henneberg

Monasteries in Thuringia

Museums in Thuringia

Open-air museums in Germany

Premonstratensian monasteries in Germany

References

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

Also known as Henneberg Museum, Hennebergisches Museum.