Isenhagen Abbey

The foundation of Kloster Isenhagen occurred in 1243 as a Cistercian monastery for monks. After a fire and the relocation of the convent, it was rebuilt in 1262 as a nunnery. Another relocation of the site took place in 1329 to Hankensbüttel, and from 1345, the third monastic building was erected at the current location of Isenhagen. During the Reformation, the monastery was transformed into an evangelical women's convent in 1540 by Duke Ernst the Confessor. The last Catholic abbess and the nuns resisted this transformation from 1529 onwards but ultimately had to submit to the sovereign's power. The monastery is dedicated to Saint Mary and John the Evangelist and continues to exist to this day.

Kloster Isenhagen is located in Hankensbüttel-Isenhagen, a district of Hankensbüttel, in the Gifhorn district of Lower Saxony. Its geographical elevation is approximately 87 meters above sea level.