Kloster Altenberg

Monastery in Solms, Germany

Altenberg Abbey (German: Kloster Altenberg) is a former Premonstratensian nunnery situated between Solms and Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany. It was founded in c. 1170 and dissolved in 1802. It had a strong connection with the House of Nassau, several of whom were nuns and abbesses, and some family members, including Otto I, Count of Nassau, were buried here; it was also a burial place for the Counts of Solms. The buildings were seriously damaged by a fire in 1952. Those that survive accommodate a meeting centre for the local deanery and since 2018 a small Protestant religious community.

From Altenberg Abbey, Solms on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Type:

Monastery

Where:

Solms, Germany

Coordinates:

50.56°N, 8.45°E

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