Barsinghausen Abbey

The founding of Kloster Barsinghausen occurred between 1185 and 1193 by Count Wedekind von Schwalenberg, initially as a double monastery for Augustinian canons and canonesses. However, from 1229 onwards, it was exclusively inhabited by nuns. It is the oldest of the five women's convents in the former Principality of Calenberg. In 1543, the Reformation was introduced, and the convent was placed under the administration of the Klosterkammer Hannover. The convent church, St. Marien, has since also served as the parish church. After significant damage during the Thirty Years' War, the convent was rebuilt between 1700 and 1704. Since 1996, the sisters of the Evangelical Community Kloster Barsinghausen have continued the monastic rhythm of "pray and work," as part of the Diakonische Schwesternschaft Wolmirstedt e. V. Henrike Wahl has been the abbess of the convent since 2021.