Marienthal in Ostritz

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view of church exterior
Scene Description: the Baroque church
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view of church interior - detail
Scene Description: the interior of the Baroque church
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22534MAR
Church/Chapel: Zisterzienserinnenabtei Klosterstift St. Marienthal
Church Location: Klosterstraße, Marienthal, 02899 Ostritz, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Görlitz, Sachsen
Directions to Site: Located between Bundestrasse 90 (W) and the Lusatian Neisse, which is the German-Polish border, about 1 km SSW of Ostritz, about 20 km S of Görlitz
Historical Region: Oberlausitz / Łužica / Łużyce Górne
Date: ca. 1234?
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Church Notes: abbey founded 1234; Cistercian by 1235; destroyed 1427; re-built 1452; damaged by fires and floods several times; re-built 1685; repaired and restored 19th and 20thC
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[NB: we have no information on the font from the medieval abbey church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
50.997971,
14.924648
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
50° 59′ 52.7″ N,
14° 55′ 28.73″ E
UTM: 33U 494712 5649602