Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Alsace

Eglise romane
67530 Saint-Nabor

Sainte-Marie de Niedermunster Abbey, founded in the 7th century by Saint Odile in Saint-Nabor (Great East), is an ancient Benedictine abbey classified as a historic monument since 1846, now in ruins after centuries of destruction and plunder.

Eglise romane
68530 Murbach

Murbach Abbey, founded in the 8th century in Alsace, is a 12th century Romanesque jewel. An influential vestige of the Holy Empire, it dominates the Guebwiller valley with its sandstone towers and its gun porch of the Prince Abbé, classified as a Historic Monument since 1841.

67320 Eschbourg

The remains of the ancient abbey of Graufthal, founded in the 12th century in Eschbourg (Bas-Rhin), are the remains of a Benedictine convent dedicated to St.Gangolf, now partially buried and protected since 1984.

Abbaye
67600 Ebersmunster

Ebersmunster Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 7th century in Ebersmunster (Bas-Rhin), is an Alsatian Baroque jewel. Its church, rebuilt in the 18th century by Peter Thumb, dominates the religious heritage of the Great East.

Eglise romane
67530 Ottrott

Hohenbourg Abbey, or monastery of Sainte-Odile, is an Alsatian religious building founded in the 7th century on Mount Sainte-Odile in Ottrott (Bas-Rhin). This emblematic place, marked by successive reconstructions, combines Merovingian history, Gothic architecture and Christian pilgrimage.

68340 Riquewihr

The Abbey of Autrey is a 16th century historical house in Riquewihr (High Rhine), classified as a historical monument in 1994, marked by late Renaissance and Gothic architecture.

Eglise romane
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.

Monastère
68240 Kaysersberg Vignoble

Kaysersberg Monastery, a former Franciscan convent of the 15th and 18th centuries, is located in Kaysersberg Vineyard in the Upper Rhine. Ranked a historic monument in 1946, it combines medieval architecture and subsequent transformations.