Eldena Abbey
Ruins · Germany
- Abandoned
- 1535
- Founded
- 1101
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 54.089, 13.452
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Аббатство Эльдена — один из древнейших монастырей в Померании, основанный в 1199 году в окрестностях Грайфсвальда.
History
Eldena Abbey, originally Hilda Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery near the present town of Greifswald in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Only ruins survive, which are well known as a frequent subject of Caspar David Friedrich's paintings, including the famous Abtei im Eichwald.