Ripon as the Liberty of Ripon and it was during this time that a grand Collegiate Church was built on top of the ruins of Wilfrid's building. Eventually developed in the Gothic style, the project owed much to the work of Roger de Pont L'Evêque and Walter de Gray, two Archbishops of York during the Plantagenet era. During the 12th century Ripon built up a booming wool trade, attracting Italian trade merchants, especially Florentines, who bought and exported large quantities. Ripon's proximity to Fountains Abbey, where the Cistercians had a long tradition of sheep farming and owned much grazing land, was
Zehdenick Abbey lightning and subsequently reduced to the remains of the outside walls. Some seven ladies remained in residence nevertheless, for whom the north wing was converted. The "Stift" continued in existence until 1945. After the end of World War II, in 1946, the establishment was put under the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg. Today it is administered by the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Schlesische Oberlausitz and provides accommodation for people associated with the church. The former abbey premises include the following: Zehdenick Abbey Zehdenick Abbey () was a Cistercian nunnery founded in 1250 or shortly after in Zehdenick in Mark Brandenburg, Germany It