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Kloster Altenberg – a Hagiographic Center
Altenberg Monastery was founded in 1167. Today, the main buildings are largely unused. However, the monastery and the monastery church still convey the spirit of the interplay between ethical, aesthetic and socio-political commitment.
On site, in some sene around the Altenberger Altar (the central object of an exhibition at the Städel Museum in 2016) we are working on how the monastery can once again become a vibrant place of intellectual and spiritual engagement. We are concentrating on developing a contemporary form of hagiography to become an elementary part of contemporary action, focusing on ethics and charity. In this context, the following activity "become holy" belongs.
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