Altenberg Abbey
{{Short description|Cistercian monastery in Germany, 1133–1803}}
{{for|the Premonstratensian nunnery in Hesse|Altenberg Abbey, Solms}}
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File:Altenberger Dom HDR.jpg]]
File:Stamps of Germany (Berlin) 1979, MiNr 613.jpg: detail of the initial letter "H" from a manuscript of Altenberg Abbey, on the Berlin Christmas stamp of 1979See manuscript [https://digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de/ms/content/titleinfo/5006915 MS-D-34 – Antiphonale (pars hiemalis)] of University and State Library Düsseldorf, [https://digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de/ms/content/pageview/5007008 p. 88], created c. 1550.]]
Altenberg Abbey (Abtei Altenberg) ({{langx|la|Vetus Mons}}) is a former Cistercian monastery in Altenberg, now a part of the municipality of Odenthal in the Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
History
The abbey was founded in 1133 as a daughter house of Morimond Abbey and settled initially in the old castle of the Counts of Berg, Burg Berge, which the counts had left for Schloss Burg, but moved to the new purpose-built monastery in the valley of the Dhünn in 1153.Norbert Orthen: Unter dem Zeichen der Jakobsmuschel. Altenberg – eine Station auf dem Jakobusweg. ([http://www.altenberger-dom.de/geschich/jakobmu.htm online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091020231240/http://www.altenberger-dom.de/geschich/jakobmu.htm |date=2009-10-20 }}) It flourished sufficiently to undertake the settlement of a number of daughter houses of its own: Mariental Abbey and Wągrowiec Abbey, both in 1143; Ląd Abbey in 1146; Zinna Abbey in 1171; Haina Abbey in 1188; Jüterbog Abbey in 1282; and Derneburg Abbey in 1443.
In 1803 it was dissolved during the secularisation of Germany and fell into ruin. Starting in 1847 under King Frederick William IV of Prussia, a thorough restoration was carried out, and the restored church, known as the Altenberger Dom ("Altenberg Cathedral", although Altenberg was never the seat of a bishopric so this is not technically accurate), is currently an interdenominational church used by both Roman Catholics and Protestants.
Burials
Notes
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References
- Breidenbach, Nicolaus J., 2006: Die Abtei Altenberg - Ihre Güter und Beziehungen zu Wermelskirchen in: Altenberger Blätter, Nr. 35, Odenthal 2006
- Breidenbach, Nicolaus J., 2006: Die Schenkung des Hofes Steinhausen in: Altenberger Blätter, Nr. 35, Odenthal 2006
- Ermert, H., 1924: Der ländliche Grundbesitz der Abtei Altenberg bis zum Ende des 15. Jahrhunderts. Dissertation. Bonn, 1924
- Mosler, Hans: Urkundenbuch der Abtei Altenberg. Vol. I, Düsseldorf, 1912; Vol. II, 1950
- Redlich, Paul 1901: Die letzten Zeiten der Abtei Altenberg in Annalen des Historischen Vereins für den Niederrhein, 72. Jg, 1901, pp. 102–141 ([https://archive.org/stream/annalendeshisto02klgoog#page/n107/mode/1up online]) {{in lang|de}}
External links
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- [http://www.cistopedia.org/index.php?id=8315 Altenberg Abbey on Cistopedia – Encyclopædia Cisterciensis]
= Legends and tales =
- [http://www.zeno.org/Literatur/M/Gr%C3%A4sse,+Johann+Georg+Theodor/Sagen/Sagenbuch+des+Preu%C3%9Fischen+Staats/Zweiter+Band/Die+Rheinprovinz/2.+Die+Br%C3%BCder+vom+Berge+oder+die+Gr%C3%BCndung+des+Klosters Die Brüder vom Berge oder die Gründung des Klosters]
- [http://www.zeno.org/Literatur/M/Gr%C3%A4sse,+Johann+Georg+Theodor/Sagen/Sagenbuch+des+Preu%C3%9Fischen+Staats/Zweiter+Band/Die+Rheinprovinz/3.+Die+Neubegr%C3%BCndung+des+Klosters+Altenberg Die Neugründung des Klosters Altenberg]
- [http://www.zeno.org/Literatur/M/Gr%C3%A4sse,+Johann+Georg+Theodor/Sagen/Sagenbuch+des+Preu%C3%9Fischen+Staats/Zweiter+Band/Die+Rheinprovinz/4.+Die+Rosen+zu+Altenberg Die Rosen zu Altenberg]
- [http://www.zeno.org/Literatur/M/Gr%C3%A4sse,+Johann+Georg+Theodor/Sagen/Sagenbuch+des+Preu%C3%9Fischen+Staats/Zweiter+Band/Die+Rheinprovinz/20.+Der+Wasserteufel+bei+Altenberg Der Wasserteufel bei Altenberg]
- [http://www.zeno.org/Literatur/M/Gr%C3%A4sse,+Johann+Georg+Theodor/Sagen/Sagenbuch+des+Preu%C3%9Fischen+Staats/Zweiter+Band/Die+Rheinprovinz/5.+Die+Nachtigallen+im+Kloster+zu+Altenberg Die Nachtigallen im Kloster zu Altenberg]
- [http://www.zeno.org/Literatur/M/Gr%C3%A4sse,+Johann+Georg+Theodor/Sagen/Sagenbuch+des+Preu%C3%9Fischen+Staats/Zweiter+Band/Die+Rheinprovinz/10.+Der+Ave-Marien-Ritter+zu+Altenberg Der Ave-Marien-Ritter zu Altenberg]
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Category:Cistercian monasteries in Germany
Category:Monasteries in North Rhine-Westphalia
Category:Christian monasteries established in the 1130s
Category:1130s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
Category:1133 establishments in Europe
Category:Imperial abbeys disestablished in 1802–03
Category:Churches in North Rhine-Westphalia
Category:Buildings and structures in Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis