Klosterkirche (Gramzow in der Uckermark)

The Premonstratensian Abbey of Gramzow was founded around 1177 by Duke Bogislaw I in a location previously owned by Grobe Abbey. After being severely damaged by war, the monastery was refounded around 1216. Over the centuries, the abbey acquired extensive landholdings, including villages such as Briest, Meichow, Zehnebeck, and Fredersdorf. With the introduction of the Reformation in Brandenburg, the abbey was converted into an electoral office around 1545. In 1687, it was handed over to Huguenots who had arrived in the country as religious refugees. A fire in 1714 destroyed large parts of the complex, with the western section remaining as a ruin and the convent buildings being demolished. Archaeological excavations in 1996/1997 did not yield further insights into precursor buildings or the original layout.

The former Premonstratensian Abbey of Gramzow is situated in the Uckermark, a region in northeastern Brandenburg, Germany. The preserved remains of the abbey church are located in the northern part of the present-day village of Gramzow, on the southern shore of Haussee lake.

Today, parts of the western wall with high buttresses remain from the originally three-aisled brick hall of the abbey church. Noteworthy are the remains of a three-sided protruding chapel on the west front, whose form lacks known typological precedents. The window reveals and remnants of a massive, transversely rectangular upper story with parts of the western blind gable are also still visible. The preserved western pillars of the nave exhibit a complex profile with half-round pilasters and round shafts.

• Manor House Gramzow (manor house, approx. 599 m away)
• Zichow Castle (castle, approx. 3571 m away)
• Manor House Lützlow (manor house, approx. 3794 m away)
• Manor House Blankenburg (manor house, approx. 4604 m away)