Drübeck

Stadtteil of Ilsenburg in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Drübeck

51°51′23″N 10°42′46″E / 51.85639°N 10.71278°E / 51.85639; 10.71278CountryGermanyStateSaxony-AnhaltDistrictHarz TownIlsenburgArea

• 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, 03943Vehicle registrationHZWebsitewww.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

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.