- Parking spaces available
- Bad weather offer
- for any weather
- for groups
- for school classes
- for families
- for individual guests
- Pets allowed
- Suitable for seniors
- for children (all ages)
- Suitable for baby carriages
- for children (0-3 years)
- for children (3-6 years)
- for children (6-10 years)
- for children (from 10 years)
- Free admission
- free of charge / accessible at any time
Monastery ruins Himmelpforten monastery memorial
Monument
Memorial on the site of the former Himmelpforten monastery
Address
Monastery ruins Himmelpforten monastery memorial
Möhnestraße
59469 Ense
Properties:
A short detour over the Möhne bridge allows you to visit the Himmelpforten monastery ruins. The monastery, founded by Cistercian nuns in 1246, was swept away by a mighty flood when the dam wall of the Möhne dam was destroyed in a bombing raid on May 17, 1943. By this time, 140 years had passed since the nuns had left their convent. Today, a memorial on the site of the former convent commemorates the catastrophe.
Directions
The monastery ruins can be reached on foot, by bike or by car. A parking lot is available in the immediate vicinity.
