Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Lorraine

54200 Pierre-la-Treiche

The former Priory Saint-Nicolas de la Rochotte, founded in the 11th century, is a 16th-century religious complex located in Pierre-la-Treiche in the Great East, composed of a chapel and a Renaissance house.

Abbaye
57320 Bouzonville

The abbey of Sainte-Croix de Bouzonville, a former Benedictine abbey of the 11th century located in Bouzonville en Moselle, is today a communal church marked by Gothic architecture and a rich Lorraine past.

Eglise romane
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.

Eglise baroque
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.

Eglise romane et gothique
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.

Abbaye
55200 Geville

The abbey of Rangéval, an 18th-century pre-demonstrated abbey in Geville (Meuse), illustrates classical religious architecture with its half-cloister and preserved home, classified as a historical monument in 1965.

Chartreuse
54510 Art-sur-Meurthe

The Chartreuse de Bosserville, built in the 17th century in Art-sur-Meurthe in Lorraine, is a classical masterpiece of monastic architecture, now transformed into a technical and professional high school.

Abbaye
54600 Villers-lès-Nancy

The Abbey of Clairlieu, a former 12th century Cistercian abbey, was located in Villers-lès-Nancy en Meurthe-et-Moselle, in the heart of the Hague Forest, before its destruction in 1791.