Gandersheim Abbey
Historic residence · Bad Gandersheim, Germany
Writers & poets
History
Gandersheim Abbey is a former house of secular canonesses (Frauenstift) in the present town of Bad Gandersheim in Lower Saxony, Germany; at present it is the Evangelical Lutheran Collegiate Church of Saints Anastasius and Innocent at Gandersheim Abbey.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Gandersheim Abbey”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
About Hrotsvitha
Hrotsvitha was a secular canoness who wrote drama and Christian poetry under the Ottonian dynasty. She was born in Bad Gandersheim to Saxon nobles and entered Gandersheim Abbey as a canoness. She is considered the first female writer from the Germanosphere, the first person since the Fall of the Roman Empire to write dramas in the Latin West, and the first German female poet.
From the Wikipedia article “Hrotsvitha”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting
This building is recorded as a residence of the people listed; it may be privately owned and not open to the public. Opening times, tickets and access change, so check the official website before you travel. Get directions.
