Michaelstein Abbey

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Michael Stone Monastery is a former Cistercian monastery near the town of Blankenburg in the Harz in Saxony- Anhalt. Today the plant is a station on the Romantic Road. The former monastery is currently the seat of the Stiftung Kloster Michael Stone - Music Academy Saxony -Anhalt for education and performance practice

History

956 a hermitage of the deceased Liutbirg was mentioned. It is a sacred cave the Holy St. Michael Church, today Volkmarskeller near the Eggeröder fountain. 1139 led the abbess of Quedlinburg Beatrix II a the establishment of a monastery, which was only installed a few years later by Michael Stein at its present location. The growing possession of the monastery led to a period of economic prosperity Michael Stone. Rebellious peasants devastated in 1525 the monastery. 1543 put the last Catholic abbot down his dignity. The monastery came into the possession of the counts of Blankenburg, who acted as Protestant abbots. After the death of the last count in 1599 went Blankenburg and with him the monastery to the Dukes of Brunswick. 1629-1631 and 1636-1640 were during the Thirty Years' War again Cistercian monks in Michael Stone. 1690 Michael Stone came into the possession of the Dukes of Brunswick- Lüneburg, who used the building as a school first and later economically. During the tenure of Abbot Eberhard finen a seminary was established in 1717, which existed until 1808.

Trout farming in Monastery Michael Stone

Based on the deliberations of 21 September 1880 the Commissioner of Anhalt, Brunswick and Prussia took over the government of Brunswick, on recommendation by the President of the Chamber Griepenkerl, the cost of setting up a hatchery for trout, char and loach. The management of the hatchery was the official advice, and owner of a fish farm Dieckmann, with corresponding financial commitments transferred.

In 1945 with the expropriation of the land reform the division of monastic property. In 1968 the restoration of the building through the initiative of the Telemann Chamber Orchestra and its conductor Dr. Eitel Friedrich Thom. 1977 saw the establishment of cultural and research institution, the Institute for later performance practice of 18th century music. Followed in 1988, the museum features a collection of primarily historical musical instruments. In the same year some musicians of the Telemann Chamber Orchestra on period instruments have been hired as a " Baroque Ensemble of the Telemann Chamber Orchestra ". In 1995, through the reduction of funds from for the large cast of the Telemann Chamber Orchestra, which played with normal instruments. The baroque ensemble changed its name solely under the name of " Telemann Chamber Orchestra " and played exclusively on historical instruments. In 1997 the conversion of the Institute into the public foundation monastery Michael Stone - Music Institute for Performance Practice. Since 2001, the " National Music Academy of Saxony- Anhalt" is set here. As of 2000, the orchestra was gradually spun and fired in self-employment. Some time later there was a split between the musicians, some playing on period instruments under the name " Telemannisches cal Collegium Musicum ". The widow of Dr. Eitel Friedrich Thom leads the Telemann Chamber Orchestra under the old name, but without binding to the monastery Michael Stone, on.

In the outer wall of the baroque monastery church, which is located in the west wing of the monastery, the remains of the emperor's daughter Beatrix I. († 1061 ) are walled.

The monks located near Mill on the Goldbach was used by the monastery as an oil mill.

Abbey Foundation Michael Stone

In the former Cistercian monastery, the Abbey Foundation Michael Stone - Music Academy Saxony -Anhalt for education and performance practice their headquarters throughout the year for concerts and events taking place in the heritage monastery. Whether " Michael Steiner monastery concerts ", " talent - wrought ", " Sounding Museum ", " Kluge Thursdays " or " Sunday tours ". The spectrum ranges from talented young musicians of international performers to renowned professionals. Guided tours are held throughout the year by appointment through the monastery with the herb and vegetable garden and the musical instrument exhibition created along the lines of historical maps. In the cloister and in the rooms of the exam welcomes the visitor the tranquility of a monastery and the simple aesthetics of the architecture of the Cistercians. An attraction in summer is the Michael Steiner monastery festival that combines art, music and nature. The northern wing is a music library, which is open to the public. In a barn sounds for guided tours of the replica of a designed by Salomon de Caus music machine.

The Foundation organizes conferences and seminars nationally known and draws attention to itself by further research. For many years now it has a permanent place in European art.