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Drübeck

Coordinates: 51°51′23″N 10°42′46″E / 51.85639°N 10.71278°E / 51.85639; 10.71278
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Drübeck
Drübeck Abbey
Drübeck Abbey
Coat of arms of Drübeck
Location of Drübeck
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Drübeck is located in Germany
Drübeck
Drübeck
Drübeck is located in Saxony-Anhalt
Drübeck
Drübeck
Coordinates: 51°51′23″N 10°42′46″E / 51.85639°N 10.71278°E / 51.85639; 10.71278
CountryGermany
StateSaxony-Anhalt
DistrictHarz
TownIlsenburg
Area
 • Total14.16 km2 (5.47 sq mi)
Elevation
258 m (846 ft)
Population
 (2006-12-31)
 • Total1,481
 • Density100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
38871
Dialling codes039452, 03943
Vehicle registrationHZ
Websitewww.vg-ilsenburg.de

Drübeck is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Ilsenburg.

Abbey

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It is the site of a former monastery of nuns of the Order of Saint Benedict, first mentioned as Drubechi ("Three Brooks") in a 960 deed by Emperor Otto I. At this time, the Romanesque abbey church was built, today a landmark at the Romanesque tourist route (Straße der Romanik) of Saxony-Anhalt. After the monastery became extinct in the Thirty Years' War, the estates were acquired by the Counts of Stolberg-Wernigerode, who established a Protestant congregation of canonesses here in 1732, now a conference centre of the Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony.