Drübeck

Drübeck
Stadtteil of Ilsenburg
Drübeck Abbey
Drübeck
Location of Drübeck in Harz district prior to its merger into Ilsenburg
Coordinates	51°51′23″N 10°42′46″E / 51.85639°N 10.71278°E / 51.85639; 10.71278Coordinates: 51°51′23″N 10°42′46″E / 51.85639°N 10.71278°E / 51.85639; 10.71278
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Harz
Town	Ilsenburg
Basic statistics
Area	14.16 km2 (5.47 sq mi)
Elevation	258 m  (846 ft)
Population	1,481  (31 December 2006)
- Density	105 /km2 (271 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	HZ
Postal code	38871
Area codes	039452, 03943
Website	www.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

Main article: Drübeck Abbey

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.