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Gernrode Abbey

959 · 10th century · Also known as St. Cyriakus, Gernrode

Gernrode Abbey was a convent for noblewomen in the Harz foothills of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, founded in 959 by Margrave Gero, who was buried there. Its church of St Cyriakus is one of the best-preserved buildings of the Ottonian period, with an early copy of the Holy Sepulchre. The convent was dissolved at the Reformation, but the church still stands.

Gernrode Abbey
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