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Ludolf (d. 1250) was a Premonstratensian who in 1236 became bishop of Ratzeburg (today the county town of Landkreis Herzogtum Lauenburg in southeastern Schleswig-Holstein). His opposition to claims on diocesan property by the duke of Lauenburg proved inconvenient for the duke, who imprisoned him (Ludolf is said to have been mistreated during his imprisonment). Ludolf died in exile at Wismar within a few years of his release. The Premonstratensian abbey of St. Johann at Hamborn (today's Duisburg-Hamborn in Nordrhein-Westfalen) is said to have a relic of him.
Herewith an illustrated, German-language page on the ex-cathedral of Ratzeburg (the Ratzeburger Dom, completed 1220; chapter house and cloister added in the later thirteenth century):
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratzeburger_Dom
Other views:
http://www.ratzeburgerdom.de/
http://www.yelp.de/biz/ratzeburger-dom-ratzeburg
http://www.boldts.net/album/D-ch-Ratzeburg.shtml
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/2329521.jpg
http://tinyurl.com/j7as4jm
The cloister:
http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/display/18117930
Fourteenth-century frescoes in the cloister (views are clearer when the images are expanded):
http://tinyurl.com/ykdl5et
http://tinyurl.com/ydpyy6o
A range on one side of the cloister:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_hamburg/4805650175/lightbox/
Best,
John Dillon
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