Ruins of Wörschweiler Abbey

Wörschweiler Abbey (Latin: Verneri-Villerium; German: Kloster Wörschweiler; also Werschweiler in older literature) is a former Cistercian abbey in the commune of Homburg in Saarland state, Germany. The monastery site is about 30 kilometres east of Saarbrücken, on a mountain called Marienberg.[1][2][3]

In 1131, Earl Friedrich of Saarwerden and his wife Gertrud founded Wörschweiler Abbey. In 1171, Wörscheiler Abbey became a daughter house of Villers-Bettnach Abbey.[1][2]

Painting from 1810

Wörschweiler Abbey by Franz Carl Derkum (1810), Trier Public Library, Handschrift No. 1831/964

References

  1. 1 2 Hans-Walter Herrmann and Josef Adolf Schmoll genannt Eisenwerth: "Kloster Wörschweiler 1131–1981". In: Homburger Hefte, Jahrgang 1981
  2. 1 2 Andreas Neubauer: Regesten des Klosters Werschweiler. Verlag des Historischen Vereins der Pfalz, Speier am Rhein 1921 (online version)
  3. ↑ Peter Pfister (ed.): Klosterführer aller Zisterzienserklöster im deutschsprachigen Raum. Éditions du Signe, Strasbourg 1998, ISBN 2-87718-596-6, p. 428

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