Medingen Abbey

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Medingen Abbey or Medingen Convent (German: Kloster Medingen) is a former Cistercian nunnery. Today it is a residence for women of the Protestant Lutheran faith (German: Damenstift) near the Lower Saxon town of Bad Bevensen and is supervised by the Monastic Chamber of Hanover (Klosterkammer Hannover). The current director of the abbey (Äbtissin) is the art historian Dr Kristin Püttmann.

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Medingen Abbey
Klosterweg, Samtgemeinde Bevensen-Ebstorf

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29549 Samtgemeinde Bevensen-Ebstorf, Medingen
Lower Saxony, Germany
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