Nimbschen monastery ruins

Nimbschen Monastery near Grimma is closely associated with Martin Luther. He often stopped off in Grimma and railed against the sale of indulgences. His reformist ideas also penetrated the nearby Cistercian nunnery "Marienthron" in Nimbschen, where around 40 nuns were housed in 1500. Nine nuns, including Katharina von Bora, who later became the wife of Martin Luther, managed to escape from the convent in 1523. After the death of the last abbess in 1536, the convent was dissolved and leased out. Just 14 years later, the Saxon Elector had the third state school established in the former Augustinian monastery in Grimma. The vacant Nimbschen monastery estate and the nine monastery villages were also assigned to the Grimma state school. All income from the monastery estate was transferred to the newly founded state school in 1550. The buildings fell into disrepair and were partially demolished.
Those who come to Nimbschen today will find a modern hotel complex in the former stables and storage facilities of the old monastery estate. The buildings were converted with great effort and attention to detail.