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February 2, 2023

🚨4 #ReligiousHeritage sites have been shortlisted for the #7MostEndangered programme 2023!

🔸Partisan Memorial Cemetery in Mostar 🇧🇦
🔸Sisters’ House Ensemble in Kleinwelka 🇩🇪
🔸Cultural Landscapes of Paštrovska Gora and Sveti Stefan in Montenegro🇲🇪

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🚨Four religious heritage sites have been shortl

🚨Four religious heritage sites have been shortlisted for the #7MostEndangered programme 2023, which every year lists the seven most threatened cultural heritage sites in Europe.

🔸Partisan Memorial Cemetery in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦. Built in 1965, it features some 700 individual tombstones from partisans who died during World War II. It was designed by the famous Yugoslav architect Bogdan Bogdanović. Despite being declared a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2006, it has been repeatedly vandalized.

🔸Sisters’ House Ensemble in Kleinwelka, Germany 🇩🇪. Built in the mid-18th century, the Sisters’ House Ensemble (“Schwesternhaus”) is a former Moravian Church settlement in Saxony. The sisters who lived here, set up an education system, ensured health care for themselves and locals, and were active in the community life of Kleinwelka and the rural area beyond. Now the ensemble of buildings has been abandoned and fallen into decay.

🔸Cultural Landscape of Paštrovska Gora in Montenegro🇲🇪. Paštrovska Gora consists of a group of small villages in south-central Montenegro, featuring archaeological remains and historic buildings. The Monastery of Duljevo (12th century) and the Church of Holy Lady (14th century) are among the most important monuments in the area.

🔸Cultural Landscape of Sveti Stefan in Montenegro🇲🇪. Sveti Stefan is a 15th-century fortified town built on an island which has been transformed into a town hotel only accessible to the guests and employees of the tourist resort. It includes four historic churches which belong to the Praskvica Monastery.

🗓️ The final list of the 7 Most Endangered will be unveiled in April.

Find out more ➡️https://bit.ly/3l1jAiK (link in the bio)

#PartisanMemorialCemetery #SvetiStefanIsland #SvetiStefanMontegro #PastrovskaGora #Schwesternhaus

🎒Younger generations are essential for the futu

🎒Younger generations are essential for the future of cultural heritage!

👧👦Every year, hundreds of children around the world are introduced to the pipe organ through @orgelkids, a unique educational programme in which students have to assemble a small wooden organ which is capable of playing music 🎶.

🎙️Don't miss our interview with its founder and winner of the Religious Heritage Innovator of the Year award, Lydia Vroegindeweij to find out how it all started ➡️ bit.ly/3kXrBoL (or tap the link in the bio👆)

📸© Orgelkids

#CulturalHeritage #PipeOrgan #ChurchMusic #ReligiousHeritage #HeritageforKids #FRHInnovatorOfTheYear #Orgelkids #OrgelkidsUSA #OrgelkidsCAN

Cultural centres in historic religious heritage si

Cultural centres in historic religious heritage sites 4⃣.

🇩🇪The former Cistercian abbey of Bronnbach, founded in the 12th century, is located in the Tauber Valley, near the German town of Wertheim.

The abbey operates today as an important centre for culture, preserving the history of the abbey and the legacy of the religious order that lived here for centuries.

⛪️ One of the most precious buildings of the abbey is without a doubt the 12th-century church dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God.

The complex also includes a cloister with several halls for exhibitions and events🖼️, an orangery (that serves today as a restaurant)🍽️, the Hotel Kloster Bronnbach 🛌, the hall garden and the abbey garden🌳 and the former brewery🍺, bakery🍞 and mill🍃.

🍷 From very early on, winemaking was an integral part of the life of Cistercian monasteries. Today, tastings of different wines from the region are offered in the old wine cellar.

The Bronnbach Abbey also organises several events and thematic tours throughout the year🚶.

Be sure to pay it a visit if you are travelling near the Tauber Valley!

📸 Photos:
1 & 4 © Holger Uwe Schmitt
2 © Reicholzheim
3 & 5 © Bgabel
6 © Rosenzweig

#ReligiousHeritage #Bronnbach #BronnbachAbbey #Klosterbronnbach #KlosterBronnbachWertheim

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