| Here is the "sigillum" or Seal of the Monastery, showing the Virgin and Christ Child at center. |
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This is The Monastery of Our Lady, in Magdeburg, the original resting place of our founder, St. Norbert. It is now a museum and concert hall. |
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Magdeburg: Monastery of Our Lady (Unser Lieben Frauen)
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| Here is the "sigillum" or Seal of the Monastery, showing the Virgin and Christ Child at center. |
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This is The Monastery of Our Lady, in Magdeburg, the original resting place of our founder, St. Norbert. It is now a museum and concert hall. |
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Looking into the cloister area from what was once the interior garden -- in an older photo from the archives. |
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| Here is a much more colorful view of the interior, cloister garden perspective. |
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Cloister walk. |
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| Monastery Church - from southeast |  |
| Monastery Church - from the south (our thanks to Mr. Brian Conneller, friend of our Order, for this photograph) |  |
| Monastery Church - from the south (our thanks to Mr. Brian Conneller, friend of our Order, for this photograph) |  |
| Monastery Church - west front (our thanks to Mr. Brian Conneller, friend of our Order, for this photograph) |  |
| Monastery Church - aisle (our thanks to Mr. Brian Conneller, friend of our Order, for this photograph) |  |
| Monastery Church - looking west (our thanks to Mr. Brian Conneller, friend of our Order, for this photograph) |  |
| Chapel (our thanks to Mr. Brian Conneller, friend of our Order, for this photograph) |  |
| Refectory (our thanks to Mr. Brian Conneller, friend of our Order, for this photograph) |  |
| Upper-interior cloister (our thanks to Mr. Brian Conneller, friend of our Order, for this photograph) |  |
| Exterior-lower cloister. Note the Monastery's bells. (our thanks to Mr. Brian Conneller, friend of our Order, for this photograph) |  |
| Exterior-lower cloister (our thanks to Mr. Brian Conneller, friend of our Order, for this photograph) |  |
| Cellars (our thanks to Mr. Brian Conneller, friend of our Order, for this photograph) |  |
| Sarcophagus of St. Norbert - his first resting place prior to being moved to Magdeburg Cathedral. Moved after the Reformation, Norbert rests now at Strahov Abbey in Prague, Czech Republic. (our thanks to Mr. Brian Conneller, friend of our Order, for this photograph) |  |
| Plaque next to the sarcophagus of St. Norbert. (our thanks to Mr. Brian Conneller, friend of our Order, for this photograph) |  |
| Plaque (our thanks to Mr. Brian Conneller, friend of our Order, for this photograph) |  |
| The photographs below are from the Parish Church of Pretzien, southeast of Magdeburg (map, right). This Parish once belonged to the Monastery of Our Lady in Magdeburg. |  |
| Nave. (our thanks to Mr. Brian Conneller, friend of our Order, for this photograph) |  |
| Pretzien, apse. (our thanks to Mr. Brian Conneller, friend of our Order, for this photograph) |  |
| Pretzien, apse detail. (our thanks to Mr. Brian Conneller, friend of our Order, for this photograph) |  |
| Pretzien, apse detail. (our thanks to Mr. Brian Conneller, friend of our Order, for this photograph) |  |
| Pretzien, the Blessed Virgin Mary. (our thanks to Mr. Brian Conneller, friend of our Order, for this photograph) |  |
