Altenberg Abbey, Solms

{{Short description|Premonstratensian nunnery in Hesse, Germany}}

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Altenberg Abbey ({{langx|de|Kloster Altenberg}}) is a former Premonstratensian nunnery situated between Solms and Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany. It was founded in {{circa|1170}} and dissolved in 1802.{{Cite web|url=http://www.klosterkirche-altenberg.de/startseite/|title=Kloster Altenberg a. d. Lahn: abbey website|website=www.klosterkirche-altenberg.de|url-status=live|access-date=2 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307003238/http://www.klosterkirche-altenberg.de:80/startseite |archive-date=2014-03-07 }} 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;{{cite web|url=http://www.praemonstratenser.de/61.html|title=Altenberg an der Lahn|website=www.praemonstratenser.de|url-status=live|access-date=2 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422041313/http://www.praemonstratenser.de:80/61.html |archive-date=2009-04-22 }} it was also a burial place for the Counts of Solms.{{Cite web|url=https://arcinsys.hessen.de/arcinsys/detailAction.action?detailid=b1929|title=Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv: Altenberg, Prämonstratenserinnen |website=arcinsys.hessen.de|access-date=2 November 2019}} 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.