Kloster Veßra
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Kloster Veßra | |
Coat of arms | Location |
Administration | |
Country | Germany |
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State | Thuringia |
District | Hildburghausen |
Municipal assoc. | Feldstein |
Mayor | Wolfgang Möller |
Basic statistics | |
Area | 19.75 km² (7.6 sq mi) |
Elevation | 340 m (1116 ft) |
Population | 356 (30/06/2006) |
- Density | 18 /km² (47 /sq mi) |
Other information | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Licence plate | HBN |
Postal code | 98660 |
Area code | 036873 |
Location of Kloster Veßra within Hildburghausen district | |
Kloster Veßra is a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen in Thuringia, Germany.
Vessra Abbey (now an open-air museum) was founded and supported by the Henneberg family and abandoned after the Reformation. The church was used as a parish church until the middle of the 1900's when it burned. It also had a close association with the von Bibra family in the 1400's.
[edit] External links
- Website of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft
- Hennebergisches Museum Kloster Veßra
- Photo tour of the Klosters by Thüringer-Landschaften.de
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