GERMANY ~ Walkenried Abbey - UNESCO ~

... Great aerial view of the ruins of once a powerful monastery... these devout men of God were present in the town of Walkenried for around 400 years... the monks ran agriculture, played a major role in the region's mining industry, built water management facilities for energy production, and smelted ores from the Rammelsberg and the Upper Harz... they created a pond and ditch system in the Pandelbachtal at Seesen-Münchehof that is considered the oldest part of the Upper Harz water industry... in 2006 a Cistercian Museum was established in the abbey... even today, visitors can get an insight into the everyday life of the Cistercian monks... with lovely stamp and special postmark👍 issued for the 800th anniversary of the meeting of Francis of Assisi and Egypt’s Sultan Malik al-Kamil in the middle of the crusade... an early peacefull dialogue between different cultures... a message so needed these days... this story must give us hope that peacemaking is possible with dialogue, respect, openness and through personal relationships... 🕊️a message of peace on a stamp that can be sent all around the world🕊️... how wonderful is that❤️... Thanks a lot Dustin!❁◕ ‿ ◕❁

Walkenried Abbey was a Cistercian abbey located in the village of Walkenried in Lower Saxony, founded in 1127 on the southern rim of the Harz mountain range,

With the re-construction in the 13thC, it was the first, largest Gothic church in northern Germany and was used as a role model for later buildings. In the 19thC, the ruins were discovered by architects such as Karl Friedrich Schinkel and the painters of the Romantic period.

Walkenried Monastery is the oldest part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar" and on the list since 2010.

Stamp: 

Franciscus and the Sultan
(Issued 10-10-2019)