Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Alsace

Romanesque Church
68490 Ottmarsheim

The abbey and church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul d'Ottmarsheim, founded in the 11th century in Alsace, is a rare octagonal building inspired by the Palatine chapel of Aix-la-Chapelle, mixing Byzantine, Carolingian and Ottonian styles in the Great East.

Abbey
68950 Reiningue

The Abbey of Notre-Dame d'Oelenberg, a Cistercian-Trappist monastery founded in the 11th century in Reiningue (High Rhine), is an Alsatian high spiritual place marked by a rich history, from war destruction to reconstruction, until its closure in 2024.

Romanesque Church
68140 Munster

Munster Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey founded around 660, stands in the heart of the Alsatian city of Munster (High Rhine). Its ruins, witness to a turbulent history between imperial power and Protestant decline, have been protected since 1990.

Abbey
68230 Turckheim

Munster Abbey in Turckheim, a 13th century Benedictine state court, includes a house, barn and chapel. Located in Alsace, it illustrates medieval and classical architecture after renovations in the 16th and 18th centuries.

Abbey
68480 Lucelle

Lucelle Abbey, a former Cistercian abbey founded in the 12th century, is located on the French-Swiss border in the Upper Rhine. This emblematic monument, marked by Gothic and Baroque reconstructions, was a major spiritual and economic centre in Alsace.

Abbey
68420 Eguisheim

The abbey of Marbach, founded in the 11th century near Eguisheim in Alsace, was a major Augustinian priory, now reduced to remains such as its Romanesque narthex and its 15th century enclosure wall.

Abbey
68290 Masevaux-Niederbruck

Masevaux Abbey, a 15th-century Benedictine abbey located in Masevaux-Niederbruck (Great East), is a historical monument of which only the choir of the church and partially transformed convent buildings remains.

Romanesque Church
68370 Orbey

The abbey of Pairis, a former Cistercian abbey founded in 1138, stands near Orbey in the Great East. Ruined after the Revolution, it now houses an EHPAD in its restored remains of the 18th century.