Altenberg Abbey, Solms

Altenberg Abbey (German: Kloster Altenberg) is a former Premonstratensian nunnery situated between Solms and Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany. It was founded in c. 1170 and dissolved in 1802.[1] It had a strong connection with the House of Nassau, several of whom were nuns and abbesses, and some family members, including Otto I, Count of Nassau, were buried here;[2] it was also a burial place for the Counts of Solms.[3] The buildings were seriously damaged by a fire in 1952. Those that survive accommodate a meeting centre for the local deanery and since 2018 a small Protestant religious community.[1]

Abbey church
for the Cistercian abbey in North Rhine-Westphalia, see Altenberg Abbey

References
  1. "Kloster Altenberg a. d. Lahn: abbey website". www.klosterkirche-altenberg.de. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  2. "Altenberg an der Lahn". www.praemonstratenser.de. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  3. "Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv: Altenberg, Prämonstratenserinnen". arcinsys.hessen.de. Retrieved 2 November 2019.

Further reading
  • Albert Hardt: Urkundenbuch der Klöster Altenberg, Dorlar, Retters. Wolfenacker 2000
  • Randolf Fügen (2003), Highlights in Mittelhessen (in German) (1. ed.), Gudensberg-Gleichen: Wartenberg Verlag, ISBN 3-8313-1044-0
  • Hermann-Josef Hucke, ed. (1991), Großer Westerwaldführer (in German) (3. ed.), Montabaur: Verlag Westerwald-Verein e.V., ISBN 3-921548-04-7
  • Begründer der Oranier-Linie liegt auf dem Altenberg begraben, Wetzlarer Neue Zeitung, 11 April 2016
  • Thomas Doepner: Das Prämonstratenserinnenkloster Altenberg im Hoch- und Spätmittelalter. Sozial- und frömmigkeitsgeschichtliche Untersuchungen. (Untersuchungen und Materialien zur Verfassungs- und Landesgeschichte; 16), Zugl.: Köln, Univ. Diss., ed. Hessisches Landesamt für geschichtliche Landeskunde, N.G. Elwert Verlag, Marburg 1999, ISBN 3-7708-1128-3

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