Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Upper Rhine

Romanesque Church
68240 Kaysersberg Vignoble

The Priory of Alspach, founded in the 11th century near Kaysersberg Vineyard (Great East), is a former Benedictine monastery and then clarisse, whose 12th century Romanesque remains have been classified as a historical monument since 1898.

Monastery
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.

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.

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.

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
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
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.

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.