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History

In the 9th century, the convent was the starting point for Christianity in the entire Harz area and had the task of pushing back the influence of the heathen cults. Wendhusen can be considered the oldest foundation of a convent in the new states of the Federal Rebublic and one of the earliest centres of the political, ecclesiastical and cultural life in the Harz territory.
 
       
 
Foundation

By 820/830 AD the Saxon noble Gisla, the hereditary daughter of the Duke of Ostfalen Hessi, founded a Benedict convent and her daughter, Bilihilt, was the first abbess.

In 936 AD King Otto I established a free religious convent for his mother Queen Mathilde on the Quedlinburg Schlossberg - this was part of the Wendhusen estate. He then arranged the transfer of the convent to Quedlinburg.

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Today

Since 1991 the city is exerted to maintain and rebuild the Wendhusen building complex in order to harness the unique evidence of early Christian culture for locals and guests. The westwork of the minster, the so called Wendhusen Tower and oldest preserved part of the former convent, was redeveloped from 1991 to 1995 and features a Romanic portal and Romanic apertures, as well as a renaissance gazebo and a baroque extension.
 
 
 
 
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