Eldena monastery market

The smell of freshly baked bread is in the air, colorful pottery shines in the sun and robed squires, knights and noblewomen roam between the brick monastery walls. Every year in June, the Eldena monastery market attracts locals and visitors to the place where more than 800 years ago Cistercian monastery Hilda Founded. Between the walls of the monastery ruins, which became a symbol of Romanticism through the pictures by Caspar David Friedrich, regional producers present traditional handicrafts and local products: local vegetables, small wooden furniture, book and paper art, pottery, soap, candles and much more. Medieval music, jousting and all sorts of arts and crafts take visitors to the monastery market back in time.

Program for the monastery market

The artisan stands in the park and in the monastery barn invite you to linger, enjoy and try things out. Whether making candles, spinning yarn, making paper or weaving baskets - visitors can try out the old crafts and watch the blacksmiths, weavers and wood turners at work. Anyone interested in the history of the Eldena monastery ruins or their importance in painting can join a guided tour of the history of architecture or art.

Children can climb to lofty heights on the wooden Ferris wheel, take part in knight tournaments with shield and lance, sharpen their eyesight at archery, get their hands dirty panning for gold or listen to the legends and stories of courageous knights and gentle princesses in the fairy tale tent.

» Archery, knight tournaments & panning for gold
» Scriptorium – writing with quill and ink
» Candle making & paper making
» Fairy tale hour in the fairy tale tent
» Guided tours of the history of architecture and art