Pforta Abbey / Kloster Pforta
- Country
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- Germany
- Member Category
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- Cultural Institution / NGO
- Heritage Site
- Member Status
- Individual
- Year of Accession to Membership
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- Contact Details
- Stiftung Schulpforta (Schulpforta Foundation)
Schulstraße 22
DE-06628 Naumburg (Saale)
Tel: +49 (0)3 58 23 / 7 73 00
Website: www.stiftung-schulpforta.de / www.landesschule-pforta.de
Email: info[at]kloster-marienthal.de
- Contact Person
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- Main Town/Region
- Schulpforte (Naumburg (Saale), Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt)
- Site Town/Region
- Schulpforte (Naumburg (Saale), Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt)
- Main GPS Location
- 51.143575, 11.753181
- Site GPS Location
- 51.143575, 11.753181
- UNESCO World Heritage List
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- European Heritage Label
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- Other Heritage Labels
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- Description
- Pforta Monastery is a former Cistercian complex founded in 1132. After the Reformation, the monastic life came to an end at the site, and in 1543 Duke Moritz of Saxony opened a State school in the former monastery, which is still operation (Landesschule Pforta) (www.cister.net/abbayes/fr/151/schulpforta-/-pforte). Part of the former monastery complex is open to visitors, and thanks to the Schulpforta Foundation a visitor center was opened in 2014.
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