monastery ruins of Nimbschen

Nimbschen Abbey near Grimma is closely associated with Martin Luther. He frequently stayed in Grimma and railed against the sale of indulgences. His reformist ideas also permeated the nearby Cistercian monastery "Marienthron" in Nimbschen, which housed around 1500 nuns in 40. Nine nuns, including Katharina von Bora, Martin Luther's future wife, managed to escape from the monastery in 1523. After the death of the last abbess in 1536, the monastery's economy was dissolved and leased out. Just 14 years later, the Elector of Saxony had the third state school established in the former Grimma Augustinian monastery. The vacant Nimbschen monastery estate and the nine monastery villages were also awarded to the Grimma state school. All income from the monastery estate went to the newly founded state school in 1550. The buildings fell into disrepair and were partially demolished.
Anyone who comes to Nimbschen today will find a modern hotel complex in the former stables and storage facilities of the old monastery estate. The buildings were renovated with great effort and attention to detail.