Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Gernrode

A monastery may have been founded in Frose by Ludwig the German, son of Louis the Pious, in the 9th century. In 936, Frose was mentioned again in a document by Otto I. and handed over to Margrave Gero. Around 960/61, this converted into a canon monastery and was incorporated as a provost into his newly founded Gernrode monastery. It thus lost its formal independence. The collegiate church was built around 1170 as a flat-roofed basilica, replacing a structure proven by excavations. It has a west building with two towers and semicircular apses on the transept arms and on the choir. In the 13th century changes were made to the west building and the choir. Thomas Müntzer was provost here between 1515 and 1516. He was an early Reformation theologian and the leading reformer who rejected Luther's compromises with feudal rule. He was one of the leaders of the German Peasants' and Plebeians' Revolt of 1525, commonly known as the German Peasants' War.

A monastery may have been founded in Frose by Ludwig the German, son of Louis the Pious, in the 9th century. In 936, Frose was mentioned again in a document by Otto I. and handed over to Margrave Gero. Around 960/61, this converted into a canon monastery and was incorporated as a provost into his newly founded Gernrode monastery. It thus lost its formal independence. The collegiate church was built around 1170 as a flat-roofed basilica, replacing a structure proven by excavations. It has a west building with two towers and semicircular apses on the transept arms and on the choir. In the 13th century changes were made to the west building and the choir. Thomas Müntzer was provost here between 1515 and 1516. He was an early Reformation theologian and the leading reformer who rejected Luther's compromises with feudal rule. He was one of the leaders of the German Peasants' and Plebeians' Revolt of 1525, commonly known as the German Peasants' War.

A monastery may have been founded in Frose by Ludwig the German, son of Louis the Pious, in the 9th century. In 936, Frose was mentioned again in a document by Otto I. and handed over to Margrave Gero. Around 960/61, this converted into a canon monastery and was incorporated as a provost into his newly founded Gernrode monastery. It thus lost its formal independence. The collegiate church was built around 1170 as a flat-roofed basilica, replacing a structure proven by excavations. It has a west building with two towers and semicircular apses on the transept arms and on the choir. In the 13th century changes were made to the west building and the choir. Thomas Müntzer was provost here between 1515 and 1516. He was an early Reformation theologian and the leading reformer who rejected Luther's compromises with feudal rule. He was one of the leaders of the German Peasants' and Plebeians' Revolt of 1525, commonly known as the German Peasants' War.

Nienburg is about 5 km northeast of Bernburg. Nienburg was mentioned in a document from the Gernrode monastery in 961. Around 970, the Jewish traveler Ibrahim ibn Jaqub, who came from Moorish Spain, mentions the place. For several centuries, Nienburg was on the eastern outer border of the Carolingian and German empires. A castle belonging to the Carolingians was probably built here in the 9th century. Between 930 and 950 the "New Castle" (= Nienburg) was built. The Benedictine abbey, founded in Thankmarsfelde in 970, was relocated to the fort in 975 with the aim of evangelizing the then Sorbian population of the region. In 1004 the first monastery church was consecrated in the presence of King Heinrich II, who was on a military campaign against the Poles. The church burned down in 1042. The 1042-1060 built successor was by Emperor Heinrich III. promoted. This building had a gallery transept in the west and a crypt under the chancel, of which a window can still be seen today. After a fire in 1242, the church was renovated. Moreover, the walls of the 11th century building continued to be used and increased. However, after another fire in 1280, the nave was designed as a three-nave, three-bay hall church. As a result of the Reformation and the Peasants' War, the monastery was handed over to the princes of Anhalt-Köthen in 1563, who converted the cloister building from 1680 to 1690 to use it as a palace and widow's residence. In 1871, the palace was sold to an industrialist who converted the building into a malt factory. A complex that is abandoned over long periods of course attracts people to carve in names and dates.

Nienburg is about 5 km northeast of Bernburg. Nienburg was mentioned in a document from the Gernrode monastery in 961. Around 970, the Jewish traveler Ibrahim ibn Jaqub, who came from Moorish Spain, mentions the place. For several centuries, Nienburg was on the eastern outer border of the Carolingian and German empires. A castle belonging to the Carolingians was probably built here in the 9th century. Between 930 and 950 the "New Castle" (= Nienburg) was built. The Benedictine abbey, founded in Thankmarsfelde in 970, was relocated to the fort in 975 with the aim of evangelizing the then Sorbian population of the region. In 1004 the first monastery church was consecrated in the presence of King Heinrich II, who was on a military campaign against the Poles. The church burned down in 1042. The 1042-1060 built successor was by Emperor Heinrich III. promoted. This building had a gallery transept in the west and a crypt under the chancel, of which a window can still be seen today. After a fire in 1242, the church was renovated. Moreover, the walls of the 11th century building continued to be used and increased. However, after another fire in 1280, the nave was designed as a three-nave, three-bay hall church. As a result of the Reformation and the Peasants' War, the monastery was handed over to the princes of Anhalt-Köthen in 1563, who converted the cloister building from 1680 to 1690 to use it as a palace and widow's residence. In 1871, the palace was sold to an industrialist who converted the building into a malt factory. The buildings of the former monastery/palace are badly ruined. In 1996, a fire caused by children playing caused great damage.

Nienburg is about 5 km northeast of Bernburg. Nienburg was mentioned in a document from the Gernrode monastery in 961. Around 970, the Jewish traveler Ibrahim ibn Jaqub, who came from Moorish Spain, mentions the place. For several centuries, Nienburg was on the eastern outer border of the Carolingian and German empires. A castle belonging to the Carolingians was probably built here in the 9th century. Between 930 and 950 the "New Castle" (= Nienburg) was built. The Benedictine abbey, founded in Thankmarsfelde in 970, was relocated to the fort in 975 with the aim of evangelizing the then Sorbian population of the region. In 1004 the first monastery church was consecrated in the presence of King Heinrich II, who was on a military campaign against the Poles. The church burned down in 1042. The 1042-1060 built successor was by Emperor Heinrich III. promoted. This building had a gallery transept in the west and a crypt under the chancel, of which a window can still be seen today. After a fire in 1242, the church was renovated. Moreover, the walls of the 11th century building continued to be used and increased. However, after another fire in 1280, the nave was designed as a three-nave, three-bay hall church. As a result of the Reformation and the Peasants' War, the monastery was handed over to the princes of Anhalt-Köthen in 1563, who converted the cloister building from 1680 to 1690 to use it as a palace and widow's residence. In 1871, the palace was sold to an industrialist who converted the building into a malt factory.

Nienburg is about 5 km northeast of Bernburg. Nienburg was mentioned in a document from the Gernrode monastery in 961. Around 970, the Jewish traveler Ibrahim ibn Jaqub, who came from Moorish Spain, mentions the place. For several centuries, Nienburg was on the eastern outer border of the Carolingian and German empires. A castle belonging to the Carolingians was probably built here in the 9th century. Between 930 and 950 the "New Castle" (= Nienburg) was built. The Benedictine abbey, founded in Thankmarsfelde in 970, was relocated to the fort in 975 with the aim of evangelizing the then Sorbian population of the region. In 1004 the first monastery church was consecrated in the presence of King Heinrich II, who was on a military campaign against the Poles. The church burned down in 1042. The 1042-1060 built successor was by Emperor Heinrich III. promoted. This building had a gallery transept in the west and a crypt under the chancel, of which a window can still be seen today. After a fire in 1242, the church was renovated. Moreover, the walls of the 11th century building continued to be used and increased. However, after another fire in 1280, the nave was designed as a three-nave, three-bay hall church. As a result of the Reformation and the Peasants' War, the monastery was handed over to the princes of Anhalt-Köthen in 1563, who converted the cloister building from 1680 to 1690 to use it as a palace and widow's residence. In 1871, the palace was sold to an industrialist who converted the building into a malt factory.

Bernburg is today a city with about 32.000 inhabitants. The current district Waldau was already mentioned in 782 for the first time and in 806 as "Waladala" in the chronicle of Moissac, about 1500 km southwest. (the chronicle is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris today). In 782, at the Diet of Lippspringe, what was then Saxony was divided into Frankish counties and thus became part of the Frankish Empire. The next mention of a Bernburg castle was in 1138, when it is reported that the enemies of Albrecht the Bear infected the "Berneburch". Together with the reconstruction of the castle from the second half of the 12th century, a Slavic settlement was established in front of the castle. In the first half of the 13th century, the Nikolai settlement developed due to the targeted settlement of craftsmen and merchants. The first record of a mill on the Saale dates back to 1219, and the first bridge over the Saale was mentioned in 1239. In 1278, Bernhard I of Anhalt-Bernburg granted the old town and the new town the town charter. In 1293, at the instigation of the abbot of the Nienburg monastery, Slavonic was banned as a court language in Anhalt-Bernburg. - The church of St. Stephani in Bernburg-Waldau was mentioned in 964 as the parish of Gernrode. The current church, erected around 1180, is a flat-roofed dry-stone building with the characteristic staggering of the components apse, chancel, nave, and tower of a Romanesque complex. The west transept tower is older in the lower parts with (bricked-up) simple arched windows than the upper floor with the coupled sound openings. This floor was built at the same time as the construction of the nave and the eastern parts. In the course of various renovations, younger baroque fixtures were removed.

Bernburg is today a city with about 32.000 inhabitants. The current district Waldau was already mentioned in 782 for the first time and in 806 as "Waladala" in the chronicle of Moissac, about 1500 km southwest. (the chronicle is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris today). In 782, at the Diet of Lippspringe, what was then Saxony was divided into Frankish counties and thus became part of the Frankish Empire. The next mention of a Bernburg castle was in 1138, when it is reported that the enemies of Albrecht the Bear infected the "Berneburch". Together with the reconstruction of the castle from the second half of the 12th century, a Slavic settlement was established in front of the castle. In the first half of the 13th century, the Nikolai settlement developed due to the targeted settlement of craftsmen and merchants. The first record of a mill on the Saale dates back to 1219, and the first bridge over the Saale was mentioned in 1239. In 1278, Bernhard I of Anhalt-Bernburg granted the old town and the new town the town charter. In 1293, at the instigation of the abbot of the Nienburg monastery, Slavonic was banned as a court language in Anhalt-Bernburg. - The church of St. Stephani in Bernburg-Waldau was mentioned in 964 as the parish of Gernrode. The current church, erected around 1180, is a flat-roofed dry-stone building with the characteristic staggering of the components apse, chancel, nave, and tower of a Romanesque complex. The west transept tower is older in the lower parts with (bricked-up) simple arched windows than the upper floor with the coupled sound openings. This floor was built at the same time as the construction of the nave and the eastern parts.

Bernburg is today a city with about 32.000 inhabitants. The current district Waldau was already mentioned in 782 for the first time and in 806 as "Waladala" in the chronicle of Moissac, about 1500 km southwest. (the chronicle is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris today). In 782, at the Diet of Lippspringe, what was then Saxony was divided into Frankish counties and thus became part of the Frankish Empire. The next mention of a Bernburg castle was in 1138, when it is reported that the enemies of Albrecht the Bear infected the "Berneburch". Together with the reconstruction of the castle from the second half of the 12th century, a Slavic settlement was established in front of the castle. In the first half of the 13th century, the Nikolai settlement developed due to the targeted settlement of craftsmen and merchants. The first record of a mill on the Saale dates back to 1219, and the first bridge over the Saale was mentioned in 1239. In 1278, Bernhard I of Anhalt-Bernburg granted the old town and the new town the town charter. In 1293, at the instigation of the abbot of the Nienburg monastery, Slavonic was banned as a court language in Anhalt-Bernburg. - The church of St. Stephani in Bernburg-Waldau was mentioned in 964 as the parish of Gernrode. The current church, erected around 1180, is a flat-roofed dry-stone building with the characteristic staggering of the components apse, chancel, nave, and tower of a Romanesque complex. The west transept tower is older in the lower parts with (bricked-up) simple arched windows than the upper floor with the coupled sound openings. This floor was built at the same time as the construction of the nave and the eastern parts.

..."Siftkirche St. Cyriakus" in Gernrode on the eastern slopes of the Harz mountain range. Constructed around 1000. A model of the Ottonian style in Romanesque architecture...