Kloster Bursfelde (Bursfelde, Germany)

LC control no.	n 96060492
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Kloster Bursfelde (Bursfelde, Germany) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Benediktinerabtei Bursfelde (Bursfelde, Germany) Conventus in Bursfelde (Bursfelde, Germany) Stift Bursfelde (Bursfelde, Germany) Kloster Bursfelde
Other standard no.	4197562-5
Located	Bursfelde (Germany)
Affiliation	Allgemeiner Hannoverscher Klosterfonds
Found in	900 Jahre Kloster Bursfelde, 1994: title page (Kloster Bursfelde) Johann Georg Leuckfelds ... Antiquitates Bursfeldense, oder Historische Beschreibung des ehmaligen Closters Burssfelde, 1713: title page (des ... Closters Burssfelde) German Wikipedia, viewed April 12, 2024 (Kloster Bursfelde; an abbey (formerly Benedictine) in Bursfelde, a town section of Hann. Münden near Göttingen, Lower Saxony; the abbey church and the estate now belong to the Allgemeiner Hannoverscher Klosterfonds; the abbey was founded in 1093; in 1144, it was acquired by Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony; beginning in 1433, it became the center of the reform movement known as the Bursfeld Congregation; during the 1540's the abbey changed hands several times between Catholics and Protestants; it was considered definitively Protestant upon the signing of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648; from that point on, abbots were appointed by the state government (which was Protestant). Since 1828, the honorary title of "Abbot" is bestowed on a professor of theology at the University of Göttingen) Deutsche Nationalbibliothek online catalog, viewed April 12, 2024 (authorized access point: Kloster Bursfelde; other data in authority record: founded as a Benedictine abbey in 1093; Protestant since 1648; secularized in 1672; since 1978, it has functioned as a retreat center; variant forms of name: Benediktinerabtei Bursfelde; Conventus in Bursfelde; Stift Bursfelde)
Invalid LCCN	n 2020068101