Jerichow

Jerichow (German pronunciation: [ˈjeːʁɪço]) is a town in the Jerichower Land district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, northwest of Genthin. Jerichow is home of Jerichow Abbey, the former Premonstratensian convent which was founded as early as 1144. In 1148 the construction of the convent church of St Mary and St Nicholas in a late romanesque style started. This makes it one of the oldest remaining brick buildings in Northern Germany and, through its artistic perfection, highly influential on the brick architecture in the Margraviate of Brandenburg. The Abbey was shut down as such in the course of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century and the buildings have been used for various purposes...