Centre Culturel de Rencontre Abbaye de Neumünster

The Abbey of Neumünster Cultural Exchange Center is a public institution. Its activity is one of general interest. Although certain services provided by the CCRN may have a commercial vocation (organisation of symposia, room rentals, provision of infrastructures of great esthetic and practical quality), making profits is not the main reason behind the creation of this cultural public service.

The Centre has 4 pillars of activity: residencies, cultural programming, event management, and tourism and heritage.

The Cultural Exchange Centers, which constitute a network and which are situated in prestigious locations throughout Europe (in Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and the Czech Republic) are defined essentially as places of culture and of exchange. They are historical monuments that no longer serve their original purposes and which have been restored to be used as a setting for ambitious intellectual and artistic projects, while at the same time maintaining respect for the site’s past, and contributing to its safeguard by offering a new existance turned toward thought and creation. The purpose of these centers is to provide public, cultural and social services by creating and developing new modes of cultural action and creation.