Herrenalb Abbey [SEP] religious order
Herrenalb Abbey
Herrenalb Abbey (; ) is a former Cistercian monastery in the present Bad Herrenalb in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
History.
The monastery was founded, probably in 1147 or 1148, by Count Berthold of Eberstein as a family monastery, although the foundation charter only survives in a corrupt copy of 1270. The new monastery was settled by monks from Neubourg Abbey in Alsace.
The "Vogtei" (advocacy or protective lordship) was the property of the founder and his family, but the abbey had
, Margrave of Baden-Baden (died 1435, but not buried here). An impressive sculptured panel of the Crucifixion from the abbey was removed from Bad Herrenalb to Schloss Eberstein in the Murg valley in the 19th century.
References and external links.
- Rückert, Peter; Schwarzmaier, Hansmartin: "850 Jahre Kloster Herrenalb". Stuttgart 2001,
- Herrenalb Abbey in the database of Abbeys of Baden-Württemberg in the State Archives of Baden-Württemberg
- Account of the abbey on the website of