Kloster Mariensee

The monastery is open all year round and accessible via the main entrance through the cloister.Guided tours of the monastery (with church and gardens) take place in summer:
from Easter Monday, March 28, through 2nd Sunday in October, October 9, 2016:
Saturdays and Sundays and public holidays at 15 and 16.30

The Mariensee Monastery is a Protestant women's monastery in Mariensee, a district of Neustadt am Rübenberge not far from Hanover. It is one of the five Calenberg monasteries administered by the Hannover Monastery Chamber.Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kloster_Mariensee

Mariensee Monastery is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1207. However, a large fire destroyed the complex, with the exception of the church. The current buildings date from 1720. In the monastery there are 13 individual residential units arranged around the cloister.The monastery complex is very cosmopolitan! The still active flower and kitchen garden can be visited. The cloister can be explored freely and windows even allow views into workshops and apartments. I have never experienced such an open monastery anywhere else. So definitely worth a visit!