Amelungsborn Abbey
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Amelungsborn Abbey is a German Cistercian Abbey, which became Lutheran in Protestant Reformation.
The Amelungsborn monastery was founded in 1135 by monks of the Altenkamp Abbey. In 1568 Abbot and Convent followed their sovereign the Duke of Brunswick in accepting Martin Luther's new creed.
Amelungsborn and the related Cistercian Loccum Abbey are the only two Lutheran monasteries in Germany with an uninterrupted tradition.
Under the rule of Napoleon in 1806 the Amelungsborn Convent was discharged leaving only the position of the Abbot untouched. From 1912 to 1960 this Position was vacant for political reasons. With Christhard Mahrenholz being appointed 54th abbot in 1960, the revival of monastic life was made possible.
