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Secondary sourceArtifact23 July 2005

Cloister Remains at Disibodenberg Monastery Ruin

Saharadesertfox · 23 July 2005

Ruined cloister remains at Disibodenberg, the monastery where Hildegard of Bingen lived in her early religious life.

Ruins of the cloister at Disibodenberg, where Hildegard lived during her early religious life.

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Photograph of ruined cloister remains at the Disibodenberg monastery site.
Saharadesertfox, Cloister remains at Disibodenberg monastery ruin, 2005.

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What it is

A photograph of the remains of a cloister at the Disibodenberg monastery ruin, taken in 2005.

Why it matters

Disibodenberg was the monastery where Hildegard spent much of her early life and first became abbess, so these ruins are physical remnants of the setting that shaped her early years.

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  • What do the ruins suggest about how large or important the monastery once was?
  • How might this place have looked different in Hildegard's own time?
  • What can ruins tell historians, and what can they not tell them?

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