Burtscheid Abbey [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Burtscheid Abbey
Burtscheid Abbey () was a house of the Benedictine Order, after 1220 a Cistercian nunnery, located at Burtscheid, near Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
History.
The abbey was founded in 997 under Emperor Otto III. The first abbot, Gregor, who came to Burtscheid from Calabria, is sometimes said to have been the brother of Theophanu, Byzantine mother of the Emperor. He was buried beneath the altar after his death in 999, and his date of death, 4
nunnery was secularised and dissolved.
The remaining abbey buildings are now used by a school and for residential and administrative purposes.
External links.
- Official website of the town of Burtscheid
- Gesellschaft Burtscheid für Geschichte und Gegenwart (Burtscheid Historical and Civic Society)