Event Engadin Samnaun Val Müstair

INNENLEBEN - Guided tour of baroque nuns' cells

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Inner life, baroque nuns' cells, touching stories

Description

Date
19.07.2024 from 16:30 to 17:20 o'clock
24.07.2024 from 16:30 to 17:20 o'clock
Price
Admission prices including guided tour:
Adults: CHF 12
Students and apprentices (from 16 years): CHF 8
Children and pupils (6-16 years): CHF 6
Children up to 6 years free
Group price on request
Place
Kloster St. Johann Müstair

The guided tour takes you on a fascinating tour of the new exhibition on the upper floor of the Plantaturm.
In the so-called baroque nuns' cells, everything revolves around the inner life of the Sisters of Müstair.
Exciting objects and touching stories focus on the life of the sisters in and with the rooms of the convent.

Objects that have never been shown before provide an insight into the reality of life in the community and illustrate themes of safekeeping and locking up.
These include boxes and chests as personal possessions of the sisters, but also letters, such as the one from Gertrude Werner, which she wrote to "her loved ones" in her first year "in the little convent" in 1913.

"Far from home, I celebrated my first Christmas in the quiet little convent. There you can really celebrate Christmas in your heart in the spirit of the church. Christmas mass is at midnight here. Think of the sacrifices the people of the Alps make. Walking for hours to get to church! We city dwellers have no idea. It's already pretty cold here, ..."

Veranstaltungsort

Kloster St. Johann Müstair

7537 Münster/Müstair

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