Springiersbach Abbey is a former Augustinian (

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) monastery, and currently a

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monastery in Bengel municipality, in the

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region of

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, Germany. It was founded in 1102 by

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. The Carmelite convent was established in 1922.

References

* Karl-Josef Gilles und Erwin Schaaf: ''Springiersbach. Von der Augustiner-Chorherrenabtei zum Karmelitenkloster 1102–2002''. (Schriftenreihe Ortschroniken des Trierer Landes, Band 36), Trier 2002, .

External links

* http://www.karmeliten.de/klosterspringiersbach.html {{Authority control Monasteries in Rhineland-Palatinate Buildings and structures in Bernkastel-Wittlich