Pforta monastery

Pforta monastery
Kloster Pforta,
sometimes Pforte
Pforta seen from the air
Pforta monastery is located in Saxony-Anhalt
Pforta monastery
Location within Saxony-Anhalt
Pforta monastery is located in Germany
Pforta monastery
Pforta monastery (Germany)
Monastery information
Other namesSancta Maria ad Portam (Sankt Marien zur Pforte)
OrderCistercians
Established1137
Disestablished1540
Architecture
Statusreused in school buildings
StyleRomanesque and Gothic
Site
LocationBad Kösen, Saxony-Anhalt
Coordinates51°12′56″N 11°45′18″E / 51.21556°N 11.75500°E / 51.21556; 11.75500
Public accessyes (partial)

The Pforta monastery is a former Cistercian monastery located near Naumburg in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was established in the 1130s and prospered in the Middle Ages. In the course of the Reformation the monastery was disbanded in 1540. Today the buildings are used by the school Landesschule Pforta. The site is located on the tourist route Romanesque Road and has been nominated by Germany for inclusion in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.