Marienrode Priory
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Marienrode Priory is a Benedictine nunnery near Hildesheim in Germany.
An Augustinian monastery was founded here in 1125 by the Bishop of Hildesheim, Berthold I von Alvensleben, in a place then known as Baccenrode. It lasted until 1259. The site was re-settled later, at first by Augustinians and afterwards as a Cistercian monastery. The Cistercians gave the community its current name of Marienrode. After the secularisation of 1806, it was used until 1987 as a storage depot.
From 1983, the new Bishop of Hildesheim, Josef Homeyer, was active in the re-establishment of monastic houses. As a result, Marienrode Priory was re-settled on 5 May 1988 by ten Benedictine nuns from Eibingen Abbey. Since 1998, Marienrode has been an independent priory within the Beuronese Congregation.
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