Prenzlau

The towers of St. Mary’s Church stand out from afar. Together with the tower of the Holy Spirit Chapel and the central gate tower, they make up the familiar four-tower sight of the town. The well-preserved Dominican monastery, St. George’s Chapel and the town wall with its six towers also bear witness to the flourishing of Prenzlau in the Middle Ages.

With the regional garden show Landesgartenschau, which drew many visitors in 2013, the town on Unteruckersee lake became even greener and livelier.

The Dominican monastery (“Dominikanerkloster”) is one of the best-preserved mendicant monasteries in Northern Germany. Outstanding features are the elaborately restored cloister, the refectory with its wall paintings, the former sacristy and the high Gothic church. It was the donation of the margravial town courtyard in 1275 that provided the basis for the construction. In return, the sovereigns were granted hospitality in the monastery during their stays in Prenzlau.

Uckerwiek 813, 17291 Prenzlau, Deutschland

Dominican monastery, Prenzlau

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Monastery church of the Franciscans, Prenzlau

The monastery church of the Franciscans (“Klosterkirche der Franziskaner”) was built between 1235 and 1250 as a single-nave building made from granite ashlars with brick window jambs. The five-bay aisleless church is one of the oldest Franciscan churches in Germany that has largely been preserved in its original form. The monastery buildings were demolished in the 18th century.

Klosterstraße 20, 17291 Prenzlau, Deutschland

Monastery church of the Franciscans, Prenzlau

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The town’s landmark is the three-aisled hall church of St. Mary (“St. Marien”), one of the most important buildings of North German Brick Gothic of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its highlight is the splendid eastern gable, where filigree tracery and a multi-layered structure echo Gothic stonemasonry. The church was gutted by fire in the last days of the Second World War, and in 1970 the Uckermark church district began its reconstruction. With the introduction of the new vaults to be completed in 2020, the interior will also regain its spatial quality.

Marienkirchstraße 4, 17291 Prenzlau, Deutschland

St. Mary’s Church, Prenzlau

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Dominican monastery, Prenzlau

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St. Mary’s Church, Prenzlau