as an orphanage and a teachers' seminary institution. Nevertheless, while the Neuzelle parish church turned Protestant, the abbey church remained Catholic and in 1947 was consecrated as Blessed Virgin Mary pilgrimage church. Today the monastery complex is held by a public foundation run by the State of Brandenburg. Demography Twin town Langenberg, Westphalia, Germany Sons and daughters of the community Ignaz Bernhard Mauermann (1786-1841), Catholic bishop Julius Fräßdorf (1857-1932), politician (SPD), Saxon President of the Landtag 1919-1923 Klaus Grebasch (* 1947), soccer player, born in Bahro János Donát (1744 – 1830), German-born Hungarian painter References Localities in Oder-Spree