Wörschweiler Abbey ( la, Verneri-Villerium; german: Kloster Wörschweiler; also ''Werschweiler'' in older literature) is a former

Cistercian The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ...

abbey An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns. The conce ...

in the

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of Homburg in

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. The

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site is about 30 kilometres east of

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...

, on a

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called Marienberg.Hans-Walter Herrmann and Josef Adolf Schmoll genannt Eisenwerth: "Kloster Wörschweiler 1131–1981". In: ''Homburger Hefte'', Jahrgang 1981Andreas Neubauer: ''Regesten des Klosters Werschweiler''. Verlag des Historischen Vereins der Pfalz, Speier am Rhein 1921
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/ref>Peter Pfister (ed.): ''Klosterführer aller Zisterzienserklöster im deutschsprachigen Raum''. Éditions du Signe, Strasbourg 1998, , p. 428 In 1131, Earl Friedrich of

Saarwerden Sarrewerden (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. The localities of ''Bischtroff-sur-Sarre'' and ''Zollingen'' are incorporated in the commune since 1972. See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin departm ...

and his wife Gertrud founded Wörschweiler Abbey. In 1171, Wörscheiler Abbey became a daughter house of

Villers-Bettnach Abbey Villers-Bettnach Abbey ( la, Villerium; german: Weiler-Bettnach) is a former Cistercian abbey in the commune of Saint-Hubert in the Moselle department, France. The monastery site is about 22 kilometres north-east of Metz, in the valley of the lit ...

Painting from 1810

References

External links

Wörschweiler Abbey website
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