Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Lorraine

Priory
57560 Saint-Quirin

The Priory of Saint-Quirin, built in the 1st quarter of the 18th century in Saint-Quirin (Great East), is a former Benedictine priory dependent on the Abbey of Marmoutier, marked by Baroque and rococo architecture.

Romanesque Church
57400 Hesse

Hesse Abbey, a 12th-century Benedictine abbey located in Hesse en Moselle, today retains only its abbey church classified as a historical monument since 1874.

Abbey
57740 Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold

The Abbey of Saint-Martin-des-Glandières, a former Benedictine abbey of the 6th century in Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold (Great East), was an influential monastery in the diocese of Metz, marked by reconstructions and looting before becoming a health centre.

Priory
57590 Viviers

The Priory of Viviers, founded in the 11th century and rebuilt in the 17th century, is a former convent located in the commune of Viviers en Moselle, marked by partially preserved religious architecture.

57230 Sturzelbronn

Sturzelbronn Abbey, a former Cistercian abbey founded in the 12th century in Sturzelbronn (Moselle), was destroyed and rebuilt several times before being definitively abandoned after the French Revolution. Only a few remains remain today.

Baroque Church
88420 Moyenmoutier

The Abbey of Moyemoutier, an 18th-century Benedictine abbey located in Moyemoutier in the Vosges, is a Baroque masterpiece in Lorraine. Founded in the 7th century, it was a high spiritual and cultural place before becoming a textile industrial site, now undergoing rehabilitation.

Gothic Church
88205 Remiremont

Remiremont Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey which became imperial chapter of noble canonesses, is an emblematic monument of the 11th, 13th and 18th centuries located in Remiremont, in the Great East, marked by its history linked to the Holy Roman Empire and Lorraine.

Romanesque and Gothic Church
88700 Autrey

Notre-Dame d'Autrey Abbey, founded in the 12th century in Othery (Great East), is a former Augustinian abbey marked by reconstructions in the 15th-17th centuries and classified as a Historic Monument. Its architecture combines Gothic and Renaissance styles, and its botanical park houses 2500 plant species.