Falster - Franciscan Church

(Local Name: Klosterkirke) A notable building in Nykøbing is the Abbey Church (Klosterkirke), built about 1500 as part of a monastery; after the Reformation it became the town church. Note the grave monuments inside, one of which contains a picture (1450) by Lucas Cranach the Elder. The "Mecklenburg Family Tree" (ca. 1630) by Antonius Clement, is made up of more than 30 portraits. In the herb garden near the church, originally laid out by Franciscan monks, herbs have once again been cultivated since the 1970s.