Kloster Veßra is a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen in Thuringia, Germany.

Kloster Veßra
Municipality
Location of Kloster Veßra within Hildburghausen district
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Coordinates: 50°30′N 10°39′E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Hildburghausen
Municipal assoc.	Feldstein
Government
• Mayor (2022–28)	Wolfgang Möller[1]
Area
• Total	19.75 km2 (7.63 sq mi)
Elevation	340 m (1,120 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	278
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	98660
Dialling codes	036873
Vehicle registration	HBN

Vessra Abbey (now an open-air museum) was founded and supported by the Henneberg family and abandoned after the Reformation. The church was used as a parish church until 1939 when it caught fire. It also had a close association with the von Bibra family in the 15th century.

Literature and Film

• Kloster Veßra - Begegnung mit der Vergangenheit, Documentary (2012), Directed by Robert Sauerbrey

References

External links

• Website of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft
• Hennebergisches Museum Kloster Veßra
• Photo tour of the Klosters by Thüringer-Landschaften.de

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[de] Kloster Veßra

[ru] Клостер-Фесра