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Trekki Says: A wall encloses the abbey, more than 1 km in length, and partly 5 m in height. This wall is still the original one of 12th century.The abbey ground's major entrances are eastward, among them a beautiful baroque main portal. It is equipped with the most important patrons of...
Eberbach Abbey - Kreuzgang – the cloister
Trekki Says: After you got your tickets at the abbey office, you will first get into the abbey's garden and cloister. I don't know in which order the self-guided audio tours will lead you (I took a tour guide), but I assume, it is the same or similar to the one, our guide brought us to....
Eberbach Abbey Kreuzgang – cloister details
Trekki Says: When you walk around in the cloister, you will surely notice that only half of it is left roofed. It was destroyed during the wars early 19th century. However, beautiful early gothic vaults are left on north and west (pic. 1) with very simple leaf decoration in the vaults...
Eberbach Abbey Kapitelsaal, Chapterhouse
Trekki Says: Each monastery or abbey had a hall where the important things of daily life were discussed, together with bible and the communities' rulebook readings. It is called "Kapitel-Saal", Chapterhouse. Remember that the monks' life otherwise was silentium – silence - so this was...
Eberbach Abbey Refektorium – monks dining
Trekki Says: The monks’ refectory, or monks’ dining room, is the “newest” room within the abbey ground, restored in 1738 (after the destructions), as the decoration says. There must be a door to the kitchen nextroom, but we could not go inside (maybe as there was a reception in another...
Eberbach Abbey Fraternei – wine cellar
Trekki Says: Ahhh, a fantastic room, for some in our group the most exciting one. It smells just like a wine cellar must smell, and tons of wine barrels are stored here now (remember, the Abbey is still the biggest wine producer of Germany).Originally, this room was built around 1250 to...
Eberbach Abbey – monks’ dormitory
Trekki Says: My most favourite room in Eberbach Abbey – simplicity at it’s best, symmetry and harmony. The monks’ dormitory, built around 1270, a beautiful perfect two-aisle hall with cross-ribbed vaults and the most impressive middle age architectural constuction. According to...
Trekki Says: As soon as you enter the church, you will be captured by the simplicity and the greatness of this building. Try to enter it from the western end – then you can walk up to the choir, which is definitely more impressive (in my opinion).Eberbach Abbey’s church was built around...
Eberbach Abbey - church details
Trekki Says: The strict rule of pureness and no decorations has been a bit released mid 13th century. That’s why today, you can see several tombs of relevance inside of the church. In the chancel you can see a beautiful tombstone for two archbishops of Mainz, Gerlach and Adolf II of...
Eberbach Abbey Klostergasse – abbey lane
Trekki Says: As mentioned in my intro, the monastery could only function with a lot of lay brethrens, assisting the monks in their daily work in the vineyards.But rule forbid the lays to disturb the monks’ daily praying circle, so they have been separated from each other. Similar as the...
Eberbach Abbey - Lay Refectory
Trekki Says: As mentioned before, the monks had assistance in their daily work by lay brethrens during the abbey’s heydays. But these lays have not been allowed to mix with the monks during their daily rhythm of life. That’s why additional rooms have been built in the west, separated...
Eberbach Abbey - Lay dormitory
Trekki Says: This is the only building I could not see during my visit to the Abbey, as there was a reception going on inside. But from the pictures on the Abbey’s website, it must be another special room of gorgeous simple architecture.It is said that the dormitory was the biggest...
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Eberbach Abbey – the famous vineyards
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Trekki Says: I found it quite tricky to find my way to Eberbach Abbey, so I add a map here and an additional picture.In Germany, street signs leading to monuments, churches and other sights of tourist interest are brown in color. Sometimes it is not easy to locate them in our...
Eberbach Abbey – visit the Cistercian Abbey
Trekki Says: Oh-oh, it seems that all of you readers of my Eberbach Abbey writings (thanks BTW for reading) have enjoyed your virtual tour so much that you didn’t notice that I forgot the most important tip……Well, the main idea to go to Eberbach is to visit the abbey, of course.During a...
Cistercians’ architecture and life combined
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The Cistercians and Bernhard of Clairvaux
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How Eberbach Abbey got it’s name
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Eberbach Monastery - step back in time
Cistercian Abbey Kloster Eberbach is nestled between vineyards and forests in the northern Rheingau, just a few kilometers off wine village Eltville. In a way, it still symbolizes the isolation the......
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