Paulinzella: Im Banne der Klosterruine

Frank Quilitzsch
| Lesedauer: 5 Minuten
Tritt ein, Wanderer, in den Himmelsdom: Blick durch das Westportal der Klosterruine Paulinzella in das dachlose Langhaus. Erhabene Mauern und Säulen mit kunstvollen Kapitellen erinnern an das im 12. Jahrhundert erbaute Benediktinerkloster. Foto: ddp

Tritt ein, Wanderer, in den Himmelsdom: Blick durch das Westportal der Klosterruine Paulinzella in das dachlose Langhaus. Erhabene Mauern und Säulen mit kunstvollen Kapitellen erinnern an das im 12. Jahrhundert erbaute Benediktinerkloster. Foto: ddp

Foto: zgt

Einen schöneren Flecken hätte Paulina für ihre Marienzelle kaum finden können: Dort, wo Bärenbach und Rottenbach zusammenfließen, in der südthüringischen Talaue, gründete die sächsische Adlige kurz nach 1100 ein Kloster, das zunächst nur aus wenigen Holzbauten und einer kleinen Kapelle bestand.

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