The brick Gothic gable and nave of the Abbey of the Holy Cross church in Rostock, seen from the convent courtyard.

Free entry

Abbey of the Holy Cross

The Abbey of the Holy Cross is a Brick Gothic former Cistercian nunnery founded in 1270 by the Danish queen Margaret Sambiria, with its church completed in 1360. After the Reformation it continued as a Lutheran women's convent until 1920; the church now serves as the university church, and the convent buildings house Rostock's Cultural History Museum.

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