Abbot Phil­ipp in Brussels

One year after being award­ed the Euro­pean Heri­ta­ge Label, a per­so­nal hono­u­ring took place in Brussels. Abbot Phil­ipp accept­ed the invi­ta­ti­on to the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment and, tog­e­ther with repre­sen­ta­ti­ves from the other 16 part­ner sites of the pro­ject “Cis­ter­s­capes con­nec­ting Euro­pe”, recei­ved the Euro­pe Medal from the EPP Group. The award was pre­sen­ted by Ger­man MEP Moni­ka Hohl­mei­er during a fes­ti­ve cerem­o­ny at the Bava­ri­an Repre­sen­ta­ti­on in Brussels.
Cis­ter­s­capes is a suc­cessful Euro­pean model. The net­work unites for­mer Cis­ter­ci­an land­scapes in Ger­ma­ny, Pol­and, the Czech Repu­blic, Aus­tria, and Slove­nia. Tog­e­ther, they build upon the spi­rit of the Cis­ter­ci­an Order, which alre­a­dy in the Midd­le Ages spread know­ledge, craft­sman­ship, and cul­tu­re across bor­ders. Through num­e­rous pro­jects in the fields of edu­ca­ti­on, cul­tu­re, regio­nal deve­lo­p­ment, and sus­tainable tou­rism, it demons­tra­tes across natio­nal bor­ders how Euro­pe and its histo­ry can be expe­ri­en­ced in the pre­sent day.
The Euro­pean Heri­ta­ge Label is one of the EU’s most important cul­tu­ral poli­cy instru­ments. It hono­urs places that shape Euro­pe’s histo­ry and iden­ti­ty.