Wörschweiler Abbey (; ; also ''Werschweiler'' in older literature) is a former

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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 Christians, Christian monks and nun ...

in the commune of Homburg in

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. The

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site is about 30 kilometres east of

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; Rhenish Franconian: ''Sabrigge'' ; ; ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of cities and towns in Germany, city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken has 181,959 inhabitants and is Saarland's administrative, commerci ...

, 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. It gave its name to the medieval County of ...

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

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

Painting from 1810

References

External links

Wörschweiler Abbey website
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