Nimbschen Cistercian convent

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Nimbschen Cistercian convent was a medieval Cistercian nunnery in Saxony, Germany, best known as the convent where Martin Luther’s future wife Katharina von Bora lived before fleeing to join the Reformation.

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Nimbschen Cistercian convent canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cistercian nunnery
medieval monastery
architecturalStyle medieval monastic architecture
associatedWith Katharina von Bora
Martin Luther
Lutheran Reformation
surface form: Protestant Reformation
country Germany
currentUse ruins and memorial site
denomination Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
event Reformation-era abandonment
escape of Katharina von Bora
genderRestriction nuns
governedBy abbess
hasNotableResident Katharina von Bora
other Cistercian nuns
heritageStatus historical site
historicalEra Middle Ages
knownFor association with Martin Luther
being the convent of Katharina von Bora
escape of nuns during the Reformation
languageOfLiturgy Latin
locatedIn Electorate of Saxony
Saxony
present-day Free State of Saxony
locatedNear Grimma
locatedOn Mulde River region
memberOf Cistercians
surface form: Cistercian Order
namedAfter Nimbschen
partOf medieval church institutions in Saxony
region Central Germany
religiousAffiliation Catholic monasticism
religiousFunction convent for women
religiousOrder Cistercians
religiousVows Cistercian rule
status dissolved
typeOfMonastery female Cistercian house

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Katharina von Bora educatedAt Nimbschen Cistercian convent