Engelthal Abbey

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Engelthal Abbey or St. Mary's Abbey, Engelthal, (German : Kloster Engelthal; Latin : Abbatia B.M.V. in Valle Angelorum) is a Benedictine nunnery in the Wetterau region, Hesse, Germany.

Engelthal Abbey was a Cistercian nunnery from its foundation in 1268, until the secularisation of 1803, when it passed into the possession of the Imperial Counts of Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen and later in the 19th century was sold to the Counts of Solms-Wildenfels. [1] [2]

In 1962 it was re-settled by the Benedictine nuns of Herstelle Abbey. The house was raised to the status of abbey in 1965, and belongs to the Beuronese Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation. [1] [2]

Besides the normal Benedictine duty of hospitality, the nuns of Engelthal are also involved in the restoration of ecclesiastical works of art. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Zisterzienserinnenkloster Engelthal
  2. 1 2 Siegfried R.C.T. Enders, 1982: Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Abteilung: Baudenkmale in Hessen. Wetteraukreis I. Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen. Vieweg, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden, ISBN   3528062312, p. 29
  3. ↑ Abtei Kloster Engelthal (abbey website)

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