Himmerod Abbey

Himmerod Abbey
Himmerod Abbey church, 2005
Monastery information
OrderCistercian
Established1134, 1922
Disestablished1802, 2017
Mother houseClairvaux Abbey
People
Founder(s)St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Site
LocationRhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Coordinates50°01′40″N 6°45′24″E / 50.02778°N 6.75667°E / 50.02778; 6.75667

Himmerod Abbey (Kloster Himmerod) was a Cistercian monastery in the community of Großlittgen in the Verbandsgemeinde of Manderscheid in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, located in the Eifel, in the valley of the Salm.

The Cistercian convent of Himmerod was dissolved in October 2017 due to financial constraints and the small number of monks. The remaining monks relocated to other abbeys. The property was conveyed to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier, which continues to manage it as a spiritual center.


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