Church of the former Cistercian monastery of Pforta, Schulpforta: the high altar

SOURCE: Ludwig Puttrich. Denkmale der Baukunst des Mittelalters in Sachsen (Leipzig, 1836-1843), vol. 2, 'Schul-Pforte, seine Kirche und sonstigen Alterthumer' (1838), pl. 4 NOTES: The Cistercian abbey of Pforta, founded in 1137, was dissolved in 1540 and its buildings became the home of a state boarding school amongst whose students was Nietzsche.