Monastery "Unserer lieben Frauen" Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is the monastery "Unserer lieben Frauen" ("Our Blessed Lady") in Magdeburg on banks of Elbe river. It's one of the most important Romanesque complex of buildings in Germany.
It was founded in the year 1015 by archbishop Gero of Magdeburg and the then building here probably was a wooden one. In 1063 the construction of a basilica began and in 1129 the monastery was transferred to the new established order of Premonstratensians. In this time the building got its today shape.
In 1207 the old cathedral of Magdeburg burnt down and the here shown minster "St. Mary" temporarily was elevated to a cathedral.

In times of Reformation the monastery remained Catholic - in opposition to the surrounding city. In 1601 however the last Catholic friars left the monastery - leaving behind the bones of St. Norbert. The abbot of the monastery Strahov in Prague succeeded in carrying them over to his monastery - even during the siege of Magdeburg by imperial troops in the Thirty Year's War.

In the following centuries the monastery has had a very changeful history and in 1814 the buildings were used as a casern and hospital by French troops -and the church was used as a cattle shed ...

During World War II in 1945 the monastery was damaged by allied air attacks.

Today it is the very atmospheric municipal museum of art and concert hall of Magdeburg.

In workshop you can see the westwork of the church.

dta, snunney, saxo042, holmertz, dareco, jlbrthnn, thor68, jmcl, Budapestman, ellelloo, Didi, mkamionka has marked this note useful

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Rafer (4230) 2009-06-21 0:24

Excelente encudre, color, definición y precioso edificio...saludos

dta (4960) 2009-06-21 0:47

Bonjour Frank ,
Les deux flèches élégantes sont parfaitement placées dans la composition . La lumière est très belle .
Une excellente présentation .
Bravo

snunney (34684) 2009-06-21 1:23

Hello Frank,
A fine composition of this very imposing monastery with a long history. I like the framing from the red building on the one side and the green tree on the other. Good colours and sharpness. Greetings from a pleasantly warm Charente-Maritime.

saxo042 (15514) 2009-06-21 2:19

Hi Frank,
I get the impression here that this is quite a special architecture, that part between the two towers seem very high and a bit "out of proportions". However, it gives a stong "impressiveness"! This is even more clear in your WS! I like the composition here, very well balanced. Good colours and expressive clouds!
Kind regards
Gunnar

holmertz (9564) 2009-06-21 2:38

Hello Frank,
Another fine example of majestic German architecture from the Middle ages. It's a well composed picture (partly with the help of fine clouds) with very fine colours. I must have seen this in 1970, when I was on a tour of the DDR to study medieval architecture, but I have to admit I don't remember it. The only thing I remember from Magdeburg is the Interhotel where we stayed, and how our driver mysteriously disappeared for half an hour during dinner, and how we joked that he had to send his daily report to the Stasi (which he probably did).
Regards,
Gert

dareco (17104) 2009-06-21 4:06

A spectacular church!! The colors, detail and pov are excellent. Very nice lighting. This building must be HUGE! A interesting and informative note. TFS

jlbrthnn (37697) 2009-06-21 5:14

Hello Frank,
The point of view is quite selected. Architecture is described with effectiveness and Art the sky and the light gives expression to the colors. It is a clear photograph, of very good quality. Cheer.
Have a good sunday
Cordially
Joël

cbrman (18800) 2009-06-21 5:47

Hello Frank,

Un monastère qui a l'air très imposant est qui se détache bien de ce ciel tourmenté. Les deux tours sont particulièrement belles et lumineuses.
Je ne suis pas fan du cadrage, Je me suis permis un petit WS !

A+

Dominique

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fritzi007 (2499) 2009-06-21 6:11

Hallo Frank!
Gute Aufnahme,trotz nicht so guten Wetter, super Bildschärfe und Kommentar!
Viele Grüße Wolfgang

jasmis (50200) 2009-06-21 9:15

Superb wide view. Nice square frame. Detailed note.
Regards my dear friend from still raining Slawkow.

jmcl (13721) 2009-06-21 11:41

Hi Frank!

Hope this note finds you and yours well.

Love the building .. love your point of view .. it really communicates a feeling of vastness to this structure .. very nice.

take care,

John

thor68 (5537) 2009-06-21 13:21

auf "unsere lieben frauen"! :-) sie haben es verdient.*g* was für eine schöne alte kirche/kloster -
nach magdeburg habe ich es noch nicht geschafft, umso netter was von dort zu sehen. ein besuch scheint sich
zu lohnen... gute rückansicht, und mit der dunklen wolke und den bäumen auf der linken seite perfekt in
szene gesetzt. great job & viele sonntagabendliche grüße, thor.

Jakab (3458) 2009-06-21 15:19

Hallo Frank,
einer der wichtigsten romanischen Komplexe? Wohl richtig, es klingt aber etwas merkwürdig in einem Land, wo es unzählige hervorrangende Exemplare dieses Stils gibt. (Damit will ich seine Bedeutung nicht kleinreden, einfach nur auf die lange Liste der schönen und wertvollen Schätze der romanischen Baukunst in Deutschland hindeuten - was anderes könnte ich bei einem Bild schreiben, wo ich keinen winzigen Fehler finde?)
Viele Grüße
László

Budapestman (41618) 2009-06-22 2:01

Hi Frank,
Beautiful shot of this imposing monastery with spectacular composition. The picturesque sky add a lot to the atmosphere, superb colours and lights. Tfs! Have a nice week!
George

ellelloo (4735) 2009-06-22 11:16

Hallo Frank,
Interesting architecture from Middle Ages in this monastery. A good composition and beautiful colours with good clarity. Thanks for the fine WS photo too and for your usual informative note.
Greetings from now summery Finland,
Lasse

Didi (36044) 2009-06-22 15:09

Hallo Frank
Le point de vue met bien en évidence le volume de l'architecture baignée d'une belle luminosité.
Amitiés depuis Orléans sous une belle nuit étoilée.

mkamionka (4300) 2009-07-15 7:08

Hi Frank,
beautiful place. The architecture is unique indeed.
You caught it with a good light. Well illuminated towers against the dark clouds.
Fantastic,
M