Altenberg Abbey [SEP] religious order
Altenberg Abbey
Altenberg Abbey ("Abtei Altenberg") () is a former Cistercian monastery in Altenberg, now a part 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. It flourished
Haus Altenberg
Haus Altenberg is a house for education and meetings of young people ("Jugendbildungsstätte") of the Diocese of Cologne, located in Altenberg, now part of Odenthal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was the centre of the Katholische Jugendbewegung in Germany from 1926 to 1954, interrupted only during World War II. Owned by the diocese, it is run by the association "Jugendbildungsstätte Haus Altenberg".
History.
The abbey around the Altenberger Dom, founded in 1133, was closed in 1803