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Historical Archive: Kloster Wienhausen
interior, access courtesy of Abbess Renate von Randow

not including nuns' choir, which has its own page
west wing beams dated 1308 by dendrochronology
west wing frescoes 1309-16, uncovered 1964 and 1966-67
Information on paintings is available in Sabine Wehking, Die Inschriften...Wienhausen, 2009.


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founder Agnes von Landsberg (von Meißen), limestone, c.1270-80, WienAb, which has its own page
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lower level
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west wing upper level to south
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west wing upper level, farther to south
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west wing upper level, bay 1: sacristy portal with angel, Lamb of God, John the Baptist
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sacristy in artificial light
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sacristy in natural light
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Risen Christ in sacristy, oak, 1290s, originally on nuns' choir altar
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Risen Christ upper part, oblique from left
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Risen Christ upper part
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west wing upper level, bay 2
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bay 2: painting 1309-16, inscriptions c.1450-1500
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bay 2: St. Alexander, model church held by Agnes, Virgin and Child
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bay 2: Agnes von Landsberg, Abbess Margaretha II von Schöningen (1302-17), new west wing, Provost Dietrich von Prome (1309-15/16)
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west wing upper level, bay 3: painting 1309-16, inscriptions c.1450-1500
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bay 3: St. Stephen, Jew throwing stone
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north wing upper level: Kistengang (corridor of chests), formerly dormitory; 14th c. oak chests
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cell of Engel Wennes (cell 29) painted with Bible verses in mixed Low and High German, 1593
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cell of Engel Wennes: window; Psalms 73 and 4, Romans 14 (Lutheran Bible)
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cell of Engel Wennes: Psalms 73 and 4, Romans 14, Job 19 (Lutheran Bible)
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cell of Engel Wennes: Job 19 (Lutheran Bible)
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south wing upper level c.1330
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south wing upper level: Resurrection, late 14th c.?
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south wing upper level: double figure Virgin and Child/St. Alexander, oak, c.1450-1500. Lower window originally closed only with shutters.
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south wing: nuns' choir, which has its own page
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south wing: hall under nuns' choir c.1330, interior divisions removed 1958
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south wing: hall under nuns' choir with bronze bell 1221-29
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south wing: hall under nuns' choir: structural beams