Fraulautern Abbey

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Fraulautern Abbey
Abtei Fraulautern
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Fraulautern Abbey, 1865, with in the foreground the new railway line on the Saar, on the left the abbey mill (Klostermühle), in the middle the Baroque abbey church, on the right the gatehouse
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Location within Saarland
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Fraulautern Abbey (Germany)
Monastery information
Order Augustinian canonesses
Established12th century
Dedicated to St. Augustine
Site
Location Saarlouis in Saarland, Germany
Coordinates 49°19′23″N6°45′47″E / 49.32306°N 6.76306°E / 49.32306; 6.76306
Fraulautern Abbey
Situation of the abbey and the village of Fraulautern on the Flandernweg on the "Plan de Sarlouis et de la Situation", map around 1740 with the municipal fortification; in the east the village of Fraulautern with its abbey on the banks of the Saar (Stadtarchiv Saarlouis) PlandeSarlouisL1070584 (2).jpg
Situation of the abbey and the village of Fraulautern on the Flandernweg on the "Plan de Sarlouis et de la Situation", map around 1740 with the municipal fortification; in the east the village of Fraulautern with its abbey on the banks of the Saar (Stadtarchiv Saarlouis)

Fraulautern Abbey (German : Abtei Fraulautern; Latin : Abbatia in Lutrea) was a community of Augustinian canonesses of the nobility, founded in the 12th century; it was suppressed in the 1790s during the French Revolution.

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Abbey buildings

The abbey buildings, which are still extant in part, are located in Fraulautern, now part of Saarlouis in Saarland, Germany. Between the French Revolution and 1936, when Fraulautern was incorporated into Saarlouis (then known as Saarlautern), the buildings were used as the town hall. They are now used by the Grundschule of Fraulautern under the name "Im Alten Kloster". [1] [2] [3]

Abbesses

From R. Rudolf Rehanek: [4]

Panorama of the former abbey buildings Fraulautern Klosterhof pano.jpg
Panorama of the former abbey buildings

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References

  1. Bernhard Kirsch: Artikel "Warum heißt die Saar "Saar" oder wer war vor den Kelten da?", in: Unsere Heimat, Mitteilungsblatt des Landkreises Saarlouis für Kultur und Landschaft, 41. Jahrgang, Heft Nr. 2, 2016, p.45–56, hier S. 49.
  2. Saarforschungsgemeinschaft (Hrsg.): Die Kunstdenkmäler der Kreise Ottweiler und Saarlouis, bearbeitet von Walter Zimmermann, 2., unveränderte Auflage von 1934, (Saarbrücken 1976), p.191.
  3. R. Rudolf Rehanek: Geschichte der Kreisstadt Saarlouis, Band 1: Die hochadelige Frauenabtei und das Dorf Fraulautern, (Saarlouis 1978), p.17–19.
  4. R. Rudolf Rehanek: Geschichte der Kreisstadt Saarlouis, Band 1: Die hochadelige Frauenabtei und das Dorf Fraulautern, (Saarlouis 1978), p. 129–130.