Kloster Veßra

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Kloster Veßra
Kloster Veßra
Coordinates: 50°30′0″N 10°39′0″E / 50.50000°N 10.65000°E / 50.50000; 10.65000Coordinates: 50°30′0″N 10°39′0″E / 50.50000°N 10.65000°E / 50.50000; 10.65000
Country Germany
State Thuringia
District Hildburghausen
Municipal assoc. Feldstein
Government
 • Mayor Wolfgang Möller
Area
 • Total 19.75 km2 (7.63 sq mi)
Elevation 340 m (1,120 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
 • Total 321
 • Density 16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 98660
Dialling codes 036873
Vehicle registration HBN

Kloster Veßra is a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen in Thuringia, Germany.

Vessra Abbey (now an open-air museum) was founded and supported by the Henneberg family and abandoned after the Reformation. The church was used as a parish church until 1939 when it burned. It also had a close association with the von Bibra family in the 15th century.

Literature and Film

  • Kloster Veßra - Begegnung mit der Vergangenheit, Documentary (2012), Directed by Robert Sauerbrey

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften nach Geschlecht in Thüringen". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). 13 July 2013. 

External links

Old farmer's house
Old water mill
Towns and municipalities in Hildburghausen (district)
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