Altenberg Abbey, Solms Explained

Altenberg Abbey (de|Kloster Altenberg) is a former Premonstratensian nunnery situated between Solms and Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany. It was founded in 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]

External links

• LAGIS-Hessen.de
• Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen

Further reading

• Albert Hardt: Urkundenbuch der Klöster Altenberg, Dorlar, Retters. Wolfenacker 2000
  • • 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,

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kloster Altenberg a. d. Lahn: abbey website. www.klosterkirche-altenberg.de. live. 2 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20140307003238/http://www.klosterkirche-altenberg.de:80/startseite . 2014-03-07 .
2. Web site: Altenberg an der Lahn. www.praemonstratenser.de. live. 2 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20090422041313/http://www.praemonstratenser.de:80/61.html . 2009-04-22 .
3. Web site: Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv: Altenberg, Prämonstratenserinnen . arcinsys.hessen.de. 2 November 2019.