List of monasteries and monasteries in North Rhine-Westphalia

This list contains the monasteries and monasteries in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia .

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designation	Community	place	founding	Repeal	Remarks
Adalbertstift Aachen	Kollegiatstift	Aachen Kaiserplatz	1005	1802	Here was from Emperor Otto III. initially only one church planned. After its completion, his successor Heinrich II set up a collegiate monastery there and declared the church a legally free imperial imperial monastery . Today only the former collegiate church of St. Adalbert Aachen still exists
Alexian monastery Aachen	Alexians	Aachen Alexianergraben	1334	existing	Today it consists of the motherhouse with the St. Alexius Church and the wing of the attached Alexianer Hospital , a specialist hospital for psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychosomatic medicine
Annunciate Monastery Aachen	Annunciators	Aachen Annuntiatenbach	1646	1802	Headquarters for the Sisters of the Annunciation in the Rhineland. After the fire in Aachen, the monastery was rebuilt. After the repeal, Napoleon donated the buildings to the city for the care of poor lunatics and "sick joy girls for correction". Temporarily used as Vincenzspital from 1923 to 1855. After 1875 the buildings were demolished.
Augustinian monastery Aachen	Augustinian Hermits	Aachen Augustinergasse	13th century	1802	part of the Kaiser-Karls-Gymnasium since 1804 , monastery building destroyed in 1944. Use of the former St. Katharina Monastery Church as the Aula Carolina
Benedictine convent Aachen	Benedictine women	Aachen Annastrasse	1511	1794	At the beginning of the 20th century, a representative parish hall, a new parsonage and a Protestant elementary school were built in place of the old monastery buildings, only the Anna Church remained as the center of the Protestant community in Aachen.
Teutonic Order Coming St. Aegidius	German medal	Aachen Pontstrasse	1322	1802	Abbot Giles sacred monastery, which was under Coming of Deutschordensballei Biesen
Dominican monastery Aachen	Dominican	Aachen Jakobstrasse	1293	1802	Until 1802 Dominican monastery with the opposite monastery church St. Paul . After being temporarily used as a community hospital for the Aachen Commission for the Poor, the monastery building was taken over in 1848 by the Order of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus, founded four years earlier .
Elisabethinnenkloster Aachen	Elisabethinnen	Aachen Preusweg	1622	existing	Motherhouse since 1937 of the order active in nursing, initially founded on Münsterplatz, moved to the Kurpark Aachen around 1850 and from 1905 to Goethestrasse. Numerous branches across Europe.
Franciscan monastery Aachen	Franciscan	Aachen 1. Großkölnstraße 2. Monheimsallee	1st 13th century 2nd 1860	2nd 1802 2nd 1968	The monastery building was subsequently rededicated several times and later destroyed due to the war, the former St. Nikolaus monastery church in Aachen exists and serves as an ecumenical city church . From 1860 to around 1968 there was a new Franciscan monastery on Monheimsallee, which was then demolished.
Holy Sepulcher Monastery of St. Leonhard	1. Canons of the Holy Sepulcher 2. Women Choirs of the Holy Sepulcher 3. Ursulines	Aachen Franzstrasse	1. 1486 2. 1626 3. 1848	1. 1626 2. 1802 3. 1878	After taking over the monastery, the Order of the Sepulchrines founded a secondary school for girls there, which was led by the Aachen Ursulines from 1848 to 1878. Then the old monastery buildings came into state hands and the school moved to Jesuitenstrasse, where it was converted to the Höhere Töchterschule, later to the St. Leonhard Gymnasium in Aachen.
Jesuit community Aachen	Jesuit	Aachen 1. Jesuitenstrasse 2. Bergdriesch 3. Aureliusstrasse 4. Kurbrunnenstrasse 5. Kleinmarschier 6. Eupener Strasse 7. St. Alfons 8. St. Peter	1. 1615 2. 1851 3. 1863 4. 1917 5. 1962 6. 1976 7. 1986 8. 2005	1. 1773 2. 1863 3. 1872 4. 1942 5. 1976 6. 1986 7. 2005 8. 2012	The first motherhouse was closed in 1773 when the Jesuit order was abolished . The former monastery church, built in 1628, has been preserved and today serves as the Church of St. Michael of the Greek Orthodox community. Between 1872 and 1917 the order was forbidden to stay in Germany and the monastery building on Aureliusstraße was taken over by the Christian women in 1899 . From 1942 to 1962 the convent was temporarily non-existent. In 2012 it was finally dissolved.
Johanniter-Coming Aachen	Catholic Order of St. John	Aachen Trichtergasse	before 1313	1794	also known as Maltheser Kommende zu St. Johann Baptist . The Order of St. John, later also the Rhodians and finally the Order of Malta, had a commende in Mechelen near Wittem at the beginning of the 13th century , which was later moved to Aachen. Monastery complex no longer exists.
Capuchin monastery Aachen	1st weaving gardening , 2nd capuchin	Aachen Kapuzinergraben	1st 13th century 2nd 1614	1. 1614 2. 1802	In 1614 the Capuchins took over the former cloister of the weaving guards there, who earned their living by weaving linen. Monastery buildings were demolished after 1802 and the site became the location of the Aachen theater from 1825 .
Carmelite Convent Aachen	Carmelites	Aachen 1. Pontstrasse 2. Lousbergstrasse 3. Paulusstrasse	1. 1662 2. 1859 3. 2009	1. 1802 2. 2009 3. existing	From 1875 to 1890 the monastery was cleared during the culture war . In May 2009 the convent moved to its own closed room in the senior center of the poor sisters of St. Francis on Paulusstrasse.
Brandenburg Monastery	Order of the Holy Cross ( Knights of the Cross )	Sief Baumgartsweg	1477	1784	Original fiefdom of the Aachen Marienstift and the only monastery of the order in the Duchy of Limburg
Convent of the Christian Sisters Aachen	Christian women	Aachen 1. Kapuzinergraben 2. Aureliusstraße 3. Venwegen	1st 14th century 2nd 1899 3rd 1973	2. 1899 2. 1973 3. consisting	1899 move to the former Jesuit branch on Aureliusstraße and in 1973 to the new parent company Haus Maria im Venn in Venwegen near Stolberg
Good Shepherd Monastery	Sisters of the Good Shepherd	Aachen 1. Bergstrasse 2. At the Good Shepherd	1. 1848 2. 1887	1. 1887 2. 1980	The branch was founded by Helene Fey, a cousin of Clara Fey , as a monastery on the mountain . From 1970 to 1980 the new monastery complex served as a retirement home before the city of Aachen acquired it and put it to a new use.
Monastery of the Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis	Poor Brothers of St. Francis	Aachen Rütscherstrasse	1857	rudimentary	in the meantime as a result of the Kulturkampf from 1877 to 1938 seat in the monastery Maria von den Engeln , Netherlands
Monastery of the Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis Aachen	Poor Sisters of St. Francis	Aachen Kleinmarschierstrasse	1852	existing	Motherhouse of the Schervier sisters, further branches, among others in the monastery Lindenplatz, Aachen
Convent of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus Aachen	Sisters of the poor child Jesus	Aachen Jakobstrasse	1848	existing	First takeover of the former Dominican monastery in Jakobstraße, then a new extension with the Kind-Jesu-Chapel on the foundations of the former neighboring Weißfrauenkloster Aachen . Another branch was built on the edge of the Kurpark Burtscheid , which was later elevated to become the new parent company.
Marienbongard Monastery	Dominican nuns	Aachen Marienbongard	1695	1802	The monastery served as a girls' school at the time. After its dissolution, the monastery building was used as a fire station (from 1871) and by RWTH Aachen University (1932 to 1950).
Kreuzherrenkloster	Order of the Holy Cross	Aachen Kreuzherrenstrasse	1372	1802	The monastery building was demolished after the monks had left, only the new Holy Cross Church and the neighboring rectory are reminiscent of the time of the Lords of the Cross
Marienstift Aachen	Kollegiatstift	Aachen cathedral courtyard	around 790	1802	The center of the monastery was the palace chapel built on behalf of Charlemagne , the octagon of which is the core of today's Aachen Cathedral . Subordinated to the cathedral monastery of Aachen Cathedral since 1930.
New Benedictine Abbey of Kornelimünster	Benedictine	Aachen - Kornelimünster Oberforstbacher Strasse	1906	existing	Successor to the imperial abbey of Kornelimünster, which was secularized in 1802
Oratory Aachen	Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri	Aachen Ahornstrasse	1956	existing	youngest order in Aachen, center in the parish of St. Sebastian . 1965 further branch in Chile
Redemptorist Monastery Aachen	1. Redemptorists 2. Jesuits	Aachen Lothringer Strasse	1. 1865 2. 1986	1st 1986 2nd 2005	From 1873 to 1894 the monastery was cleared during the culture war . The monastery and the monastery church of St. Alfons Aachen were profaned in 2005 , and the church and monastery were subsequently used as office buildings
Imperial Abbey of Burtscheid	1. Benedictines 2. Cistercian Sisters	Aachen - Burtscheid	1. 997 1. 1220	2. 1220 2. 1802	The Cistercian women previously lived in the Salvatorkloster and after the change they ruled the independent territory of the Holy Roman Empire in Burtscheid as imperial prelates .
Kornelimünster Imperial Abbey	Benedictine	Aachen - Kornelimünster	814	1802	founded by Benedict von Aniane and Ludwig the Pious , son of Charlemagne . Renewed in 1906 as the New Benedictine Abbey
Salvatorkloster Aachen	1. Benedictines 2. Cistercian Sisters 3. Oblates of the Immaculate Virgin Mary	Aachen Salvatorberg	1. 996 2. 1147 3. 1945	1. 1147 2. 1248 3. 2012	since 1147 Cistercian women who took over the imperial abbey of Burtscheid around 1220 . Vacant from 1248 to 1945, then to 2012 the Oblate Monastery. Subsequently, the monastery and church were taken over by the Aachen Christian social welfare organization
Former Ursuline convent Aachen	Ursulines	Aachen 1. Ursulinenstrasse 2. Franzstrasse 3. Bergdriesch	1. 1651 2. 1848 3. 1891	1. 1818 2. 1878 3. 2014	1848 Return of the Ursulines from the Kalvarienberg Monastery in Ahrweiler and takeover of the Sepulchrine Monastery from the Holy Sepulcher Monastery until expulsion in 1878 and head of the girls' school there, which later became the St. Leonhard Gymnasium in Aachen. In 1891 he returned to Aachen and founded a new monastery at Bergdriesch, which later became the St. Ursula-Gymnasium Aachen; from 2014 under the direction of the "St. Ursula Aachen School Foundation"
White women's monastery Aachen	1. White women 2. Celestine women 3. Sisters of the poor child Jesus	Aachen Jakob- / Bendelstrasse	1. 1237 2. 1729 3. 1848	1. before 1729 2. 1802 existing	The convent of the White Women, abandoned by the order, was taken over by the Cölestine women as a branch in 1729. After its abolition and subsequent use as a wool warehouse, the sisters of the poor child Jesus took over the building in 1848.
Abdinghof Monastery	Benedictine	Paderborn	1015	1803
Maria Rosa monastery	Augustinian women	Awls	15th century	1814/1816
Altenberg Abbey	Cistercians	Altenberg	1133	1803
Jesuit Mission Arnsberg	Jesuit	Arnsberg	1651	1773
Asbeck Abbey	Premonstratensians	Asbeck	1132/1152	1805/1811	since the 16th century women's pen
Teutonic order coming Waldenburg	German medal	Attendorn	1638	1692
Franciscan monastery Attendorn	Franciscan	Attendorn	1636	1803
Blumenthal Monastery	Augustinian women	Beckum	1446	1814
St. Stephanus (Beckum)	Kollegiatstift	Beckum	1267	1811
Marienstift Bedburg	Premonstratensian women	Bedburg-Hau	before 1138	1802	also Premonstratensian up to 1272 , since 1517/19 women's monastery
Belecke Benedictine Provosty	Benedictine	Licking	1270	1804
Benden Monastery	Cistercian women	pagan	1207	1802
Benninghausen Monastery	Cistercian women	Benninghausen	1240	1804
Bentlage Monastery	Order of the Holy Cross	Rheine	1437	1803
Berentrop Abbey	Premonstratensians	Neuenrade	13th century	17th century
Beyenburg Abbey	Order of the Holy Cross	Beyenburg	1298	1804	since 1964 again Kreuzherrenkloster
Marienthal Monastery	Augustinian women	Bielefeld	1503	1666
St. Jodokus	Franciscan	Bielefeld	1498	1830
To the holy corpse	Augustinian Canons	Blomberg	after 1462	1533
Augustinian convent Bocholt	Augustinian women	Bocholt	around 1455	1803
St. Clara (Bocholt)	Franciscan Sisters	Bocholt	around 1313	1803/1812	since 1557 women's monastery
Minorite Monastery Bocholt	Minorites	Bocholt	1625	1811
Redemptorist Monastery Bochum	Redemptorists	Bochum	1868	2011	1873–1894 interruption due to Kulturkampf
Capuchin convent Bonn	Capuchin tertiary women	Bonn	1629	1802	previously Beguinage Ludolph Convent
Böddeken Monastery	Cannon pin	Büren	836	1408	then Augustinian Canons
Böddeken Monastery	Augustinian Canons	Büren	1409	1803
Bödingen Monastery	Augustinian Hermits	Hennef (victory)	1424	1811
Boke Monastery	Benedictine	Boke	1101	1104
Redemptorist Monastery Bonn	Redemptorists	Bonn
Borghorst Monastery	Ladies pen	Steinfurt	968	1811
St. Remigius (Borken)	Kollegiatstift	Bark	1433	1811
Marienbrink Monastery	Augustinian women	Bark	around 1400	1803	probably before a beguinage
St. Francis (Borken)	Capuchin	Bark	17th century	1812
Bark coming from Johanniter	Johanniter	Bark	1263	1806
Bottenbroich Abbey	Cistercian women	Kerpen	1231	1448	then Cistercians
Bottenbroich Abbey	Cistercians	Kerpen	1448	1802
Coming Brackel	German medal	Brackel	before 1290	1809
Katharinenkloster Dortmund	Premonstratensian women	Dortmund	1193	1803/04
Brauweiler Abbey	Benedictine	Pulheim	1024	1803
Bredelar Monastery	Cistercians	Bredelar	1196	1804	previously since 1170 Premonstratensian women
Brenkhausen Monastery	Cistercian women	Brenkhausen	1245	1803	Benedictine nuns since 1601, today a Coptic Orthodox male monastery and bishopric
Brede Monastery	Augustinian women	Brakel	1483	1810 (ban on admission)	since 1850 poor school sisters of Our Lady
Brilon Minorite Monastery	Minorites	Brilon	1653	1803
Monastery fountain	Capuchin	Sundern (Sauerland)	1722	1834
Holthausen Monastery	Cistercian women	Büren	1243	1810
Busdorf Abbey	Kollegiatstift	Paderborn	1036	1893/06
Gaukirche	Cistercian women	Paderborn	1211/1228	1810	Benedictine nuns since 1513
Cappel pen	Premonstratensian women	Lippstadt	around 1140	1588	thereafter possibly women's pen until 1970
Cappenberg Monastery	Premonstratensians	Cappenberg	1122	1802
Clarenberg Monastery	Poor Clares	Hear	1339	1812	from 1583 ladies' pen
Clarholz pen	Premonstratensians	Herzebrock-Clarholz	1133	1803
Corvey Monastery	Benedictine	Höxter	822	1807
Dalheim Monastery	Augustinian Canons	Lichtenau	1493	1803
Deutz Abbey	Benedictine	Deutz	1003	1804
Johanniterkommende Dinslaken	Johanniter	Dinslaken	Around 1350	Before 1415
Marienkamp Monastery (Dinslaken)	Augustinian women	Dinslaken	Before 1433	1808
Franciscan monastery Dorsten	Franciscan	Dorsten	1488	existing
Carmel St. Michael	Discalced Carmelites	Dorsten	1998	2013
Ursuline monastery Dorsten	Ursulines	Dorsten	1699	existing
Drolshagen Monastery	Cistercian women	Drolshagen	1235	1803
Trinity Monastery Bad Driburg	Divine Adoration Sisters	Bad Driburg	1924	existing
Duissern Monastery	Cistercian women	Duisburg	1234	1802
St. Viktor	Kollegiatstift	Dülmen	1323	1811
Charterhouse Marienburg	Carthusian	Dülmen	1476/77	1804
Düren Carmelite Convent	Discalced Carmelites	Düren	1903	existing
Cellitinnenkloster Düsseldorf	Cellites	Dusseldorf	1650	1859
Elsey Monastery	Premonstratensian choir women	Elsey	1220	1810	since the 15th century aristocratic women's monastery , since the 16th century Protestant
Hermitage pilgrimage site	Jesuit	Niederdielfen	1684	1733	later Poor Clares
Hermitage pilgrimage site	Poor Clares	Niederdielfen	1953	existing	formerly Jesuits
Propstei Eikeloh	Premonstratensian women	Erwitte	1639	1803
Pen Enger	Kollegiatstift	Tighter	947	1414	relocated to St. Johann and Dionys Abbey ( Herford )
Pen food	Ladies pen	eat	845	1803
Capuchin Monastery Essen	Capuchin	eat	17th century	1834	previously since the 13th century Beginenkonvent
Monastery forever	Augustinian Canons	Attendorn	1420	1803
Falkenhagen Monastery	Cistercian women	Lie	1246	1596	after 1408 Wilhelmites, then Knights of the Cross, resettlement by Jesuits 1604–1773
Flaesheim Monastery	Premonstratensian women	Flaesheim	1166	1803	since 1550 ladies' pen
Freckenhorst Abbey	Cannon pin	Freckenhorst	851	1811
Fröndenberg Monastery	Cistercian women	Fröndenberg / Ruhr	around 1225	1811/12	Middle of the 16th century
Fürstenberg Monastery	Benedictine	Xanten	1116	1259	then Cistercian women
Fürstenberg Monastery	Cistercian women	Xanten	1259	1586
Galilee Monastery	Dominicans	Meschede	1484	1810
Gehrden Monastery	Benedictine women	Gehrden	1142	1810
Geistingen Monastery	Redemptorists	Geistingen	1903	2006
Hülser Monastery of Geldern	Franciscan Sisters	Funds	1452	1802	before beginning
Carmelite Monastery of Geldern	Carmelites	Funds	1306	1802
Gerleve Abbey	Benedictine	Billerbeck	1899	existing
Gerresheim Abbey	Ladies pen	Gerresheim	9th century	1803
Gertrudis pen	Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood	Ruppichteroth	1916	existing
Geseke women's monastery	Ladies pen	Geseke	946	1823
Franciscan monastery Geseke	Franciscan	Geseke	1637	1834
Störmede Monastery	Augustinian women	Geseke	1483	1804
Gevelsberg Monastery	Cistercian women	Gevelsberg	1230/35	1812	since 1577 women's monastery
Augustinian monastery in Glindfeld	Augustinian women	Medebach	1298	1499	afterwards cross brothers
Canon of the Kreuzbrüder zu Glindfeld	Order of the Holy Cross	Medebach	1499	1804	previously Augustinian women
John Convention	Franciscan Sisters	Goch	before 1414	1802
Graefenthal Monastery	Cistercian women	boiler	1248	1802
Gaesdonck Abbey	Augustinian Canons	Gaesdonck	1406	1802
Graefrath Monastery	Augustinian choir women	Graefrath	1187	1803
Monastery county	Benedictine	Schmallenberg	1072	1804
Monastery county	Borromean women	Schmallenberg	1948	existing
Gravenhorst Monastery	Cistercian women	Hörstel	1256	1808
Grevenbroich Monastery	Wilhelmites	Grevenbroich	1297	1802	Cistercian since 1623
Hagenbusch Monastery	Benedictine women	Xanten	1140	1802
Haldem women's pen	Ladies pen	Haldem	1878	1890
Hamborn Abbey	Premonstratensians	Hamborn	1136	1802	again since 1959
Franciscan monastery Hamm	Franciscan	Hamm	1455	1824
Hardehausen Monastery	Cistercians	Warburg	1140	1803	again 1927–1938
Herdecke Abbey	Benedictine women	Herdecke	810/19	15th century
Abbey of the Holy Cross	Benedictine Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament	Beverungen	1899	existing	earlier Minorites
Heisterbach Monastery	Cistercians	Koenigswinter	1192	1803
Petersberg Monastery (Königswinter)	Cistercians	Koenigswinter	1131	1556 last documented mention	1131 Augustinian canons, from 1136 Cistercians
Herford Abbey	Ladies pen	Herford	800	1802
Johanniterkommende Herford	Johanniter	Herford	1230/31	1808
Marian pen	Ladies pen	Herford	around 1011	1810	since 1547 ev
Minorite Monastery	Minorites	Herford	around 1286	around 1532
Augustinian Hermit Monastery	Augustinian Hermits	Herford	before 1288	1540
Herzebrock Abbey	Cannon pin	Herzebrock-Clarholz	860	1208	later Benedictine women
Herzebrock Abbey	Benedictine women	Herzebrock-Clarholz	1208	1803	before cannoniss
Himmelpforten Monastery	Cistercian women	Ense	1246	1804
Hohenbusch monastery	Order of the Holy Cross	Erkelenz	1302	1802
Hohenholte Monastery	Augustinian women	Havixbeck	1180	1810/12	previously to 1142 Benedictines, from 1557 women's monastery
St. Gertrude	Kollegiatstift	Horstmar	1325	1806
St. Johann and Dionys Monastery	Kollegiatstift	Herford	1414	1802	previously Enger pen
Kamp Monastery	Cistercians	Kamp-Lintfort	1123	1802	1954–2002 Carmelites
Kentrop Monastery	Cistercian women	Hamm	1272	1802
Keppel monastery	Premonstratensian women	Hilchenbach	1236	1812	since 1594 women's pen
Kerpen pen	Kollegiatstift	Kerpen	before 1178	1802
Kirchhellen Youth Monastery		Kirchhellen
Kleve Abbey	Canons	Kleve	1334	1802
Knechtsteden Monastery	Premonstratensians	Dormagen	1138	1801	Spiritaner since 1895
Alexian Monastery Cologne	Alexians	Cologne	1300	existing
Antonite Monastery	Antonite Order	Cologne	1350	1794
Benedictine convent Cologne	Benedictine women	Cologne-Raderberg	1890	existing	Sacred Heart Monastery; 1890–1895 in Domstrasse, since then at the current location
Cellitinnenkloster Dreifaltigkeit	Cellites	Cologne	1365	1828
Cellitinnenkloster Klein St. Ursula	Cellites	Cologne	1291	1827
Cellitinnenkloster Klein-Nazareth	Cellites	Cologne	1307	1802
Cellitinnenkloster Zederwald	Cellites	Cologne	1302	1802
Dominican monastery Cologne	Dominican	Cologne	1. 1221 2. 1898 (Lindenstrasse) 3. 1957 (to St. Andreas )	1. 1802 2. and 3. consisting	1221 Foundation of the “Heilig Kreuz” monastery on Stolkgasse near the cathedral, which was the seat of the provincial government for a long time; Repeal as a result of secularization . 1898 New settlement with church and monastery building on Lindenstrasse, after 1957 additional construction of a monastery at St. Andrew's Church because of pastoral care at the church.
Capuchin convent St. Anna am Kreuzberg	Capuchin tertiary women	Cologne	before 1629	?	from here Capuchin Monastery Bonn settled
St. Gertrud Monastery (Cologne)	Dominicans	Cologne	1257	1802
Karmel St. Joseph in Cologne	Carmelites	Cologne	1639	1802	again from 1850s to 1875
Cologne Charterhouse	Carthusian	Cologne	1334	1794
Wolkenburg	Benedictine women	Cologne		1802
St. Mary of Peace	Discalced Carmelites	Cologne	1637	1802	re-established after World War II
Königsmünster Abbey	Benedictine	Meschede	1928	existing
Kranenburg / Zyfflich Monastery	Canon pen	Zyfflich / Kranenburg	1002	1802
Catherine's Convention	Sisters' Convention	Kranenburg	1446	1802
Kleinburlo monastery	Wilhelmites	Darfeld	1351	1803/12	later Cistercians and Trappists
Königsdorf Monastery	Benedictine women	Königsdorf	1136	1802
Langenhorst Monastery	Augustinian women	Langenhorst	1178	1811	since the 16th century
Leeden Monastery	Cistercian women	Leeden	before 1240	1812	1538 lady's pen
St. Marien (Lemgo)	Dominicans	Lemgo	1306	1575	1575 Conversion into an ev
St. Vitus (Lette)	Premonstratensians	Lette (Oelde)	1133	1567/71	Initially a double monastery, the Canons moved to Clarholz in 1138
Vinnenberg Monastery	Cistercian women	Milte	1252/56	1810	Benedictine nuns since 1466
Gnadental Monastery	Cistercian women	Neuss	around 1250	1802
Upper monastery Neuss	Augustinian Canons	Neuss	1181	1802	temporarily interrupted 1623–1628
Eppinghoven Monastery	Cistercian women	Holzheim (Neuss)	1214	1802	since 1650 ladies' pen
Kreitz Monastery	Benedictine women	Neuss	1899	existing
Niederich Monastery	Benedictine women	Niederich (Cologne)	1178	1802
Oeventrop Monastery	Sacred Heart Missionaries	Oeventrop	1902	1969
Augustinian convent Küstelberg	Augustinian women	Winterberg	1177	1297	later Glindfeld Monastery
Langwaden Monastery	Premonstratensian women	Grevenbroich	1145	1802	Cistercians since 1964
Lennep Minorite Monastery	Minorites	Lennep	15th century / new building from 1677	1803	first monastery destroyed in a city fire in 1563
Levern Abbey	Cistercians	Stemwede	1227	1810	since 1558 women's monastery
Liesborn Abbey	Benedictine women	Wadersloh	815	1132	then Benedictines
Liesborn Abbey	Benedictine	Wadersloh	1132	1803	previously Benedictine women
St. Andreas (Lübbecke)	Canons	Luebbecke	1295	1810	previously from 1274 in Ahlden an der Aller
Maria Frieden Abbey (Dahlem)	Trappist women	Dahlem	1952	existing
Mariawald Abbey	Trappists	Heimbach	1480	1795/2018	again since 1861, canceled on September 15, 2018
Birgittenkloster Marienbaum	Birgitten	Xanten	1460	1802	Double monastery
Marienborn Abbey (Coesfeld)	Cistercian women	Coesfeld	1244	1805	previously from 1230 in Lippramsdorf
Marienbrink Sisters' House	Sisters of Life Together / Augustinians	Coesfeld	1424	1810
Marienborn Abbey (Eifel)	Cistercian women	Hoven	1188	1802	since 1888 cellites according to the rule of St. Augustine
Marienborn Monastery Hürth-Burbach	Cistercian women	Alstädten-Burbach	1233	1802
Marienborn Abbey (Lütgendortmund)	Franciscan Sisters	Lütgendortmund	1467	1810	before beguinage
Mariendonk Abbey	Benedictine women	Grefrath	1900	existing
Mariengarden Monastery	Cistercians	Bark	1220	1803	at times Wilhelmites, since 1920 oblates of the Immaculate Virgin Mary
Marienkloster Lippstadt	Augustinian women	Lippstadt	1185		since 1550 ladies' pen
Marienfeld Monastery	Cistercians	Marienfeld	1185	1803	Benedictine since 2004
Marienhof Monastery	Cistercian women	Hamm	1270	1290	moved to Kentrop Monastery
Marienmünster Abbey	Benedictine	Marienmünster	1128	1803	passionist since 1965
Marienthal Monastery (Hamminkeln)	Augustinian Hermits	Hamminkeln	1258	1806	Carmelites since 1986
Marian pen	Sisters of the Christian Schools of Mercy in Heiligenstadt	Bockum-Hövel	1909	existing	Unoccupied from 1977 to 1994.
Marian pen	Benedictine women	Minden	993	1421	then ladies pen
St. Mauritius Monastery (Minden)	Benedictine	Minden	1042	1796/1810
St. Pauli Monastery (Minden)	Dominican	Minden	1236	1529
Marsberg Capuchin Monastery	Capuchin	Niedermarsberg	1745	1812
Merten Monastery	Augustinian Hermits	Merten	1160	1802
Metelen Monastery	Cannon pin	Metelen	889	1803/10	Initially nuns, then canons, and finally women's pen
Meschede Abbey	Ladies pen	Meschede	870	1310	Canon since 1310
Meschede Abbey	Canons	Meschede	1310	1805	previously ladies pen
Michaelsberg Abbey	Benedictine	Siegburg	1064 1914	1804 2011
Mission House St. Augustin	Divine Word Missionaries	Saint Augustine	1913	existing
Mönchengladbach Abbey	Benedictine	Mönchengladbach	1663	1802
Franciscan monastery Mönchengladbach	Franciscan	Mönchengladbach	1889	existing	Seat of the Johannes Duns Scotus Academy; until the 1960s novitiate and study house of the Cologne Franciscan Province
Mörmter Monastery	Franciscan	Mörmter	1922	2009	by the Community since 2009 Fazenda da Esperança used
Nottuln Abbey	Augustinian women	Nottuln	at 803	1811	since 1493 women's pen
German order coming Mülheim	German medal	Visually	1266	1806	Olper Franziskanerinnen 1885–1994, Community of Beatitudes 1995–2008
George Coming Minster	German medal	Muenster	1247	1809
St. Aegidii (Munster)	Cistercian women	Muenster	1184	1811	since 1465/68 adoption of the Benedictine rule
Johanniterkommende Münster	Johanniter	Muenster	1282	1819/11
Old cathedral	Kollegiatstift	Muenster	around 1100	1811
St. Ludgeri	Kollegiatstift	Muenster	1173	1811
St. Martini	Kollegiatstift	Muenster	1187	1811
St. Mauritz	Kollegiatstift	Muenster	after 1064	1811
Minorite Monastery	Minorites	Muenster	after 1250	1804
Münstereifel monastery	Benedictine	Bad Münstereifel	830	1803
Neuenheerse Abbey	Ladies pen	Neuenheerse	868	1803
Alexian monastery Neuss	Alexians	Neuss	1451	existing
Neuwerk Monastery	Benedictine women	Neuwerk	1133	1802	initially celibates, Salvatorians 1879–1889, Lüdinghauser Franziskanerinnen 1889–1961, Salvatorians 1961-today
Neviges	Franciscan	Velbert- Neviges	1675	2019
Niesing Monastery	Sisters of Life Together	Muenster	1444	1810
Nicholas Monastery	Franciscans -Tertiarians	Juchen	1403	1802	since 1953 wafers
Capuchin monastery Jülich	Capuchin	Jülich	?	?
Carmelite Monastery Jülich	Carmelites	Jülich	?	?
Obermarsberg Monastery	Benedictine	Obermarsberg	8th century	1803
Odacker Monastery	Benedictine women	Hirschberg	1513	1804
Oedingen women's monastery	Ladies pen	Oedingen	around 1000	1533
Oelinghausen Monastery	Premonstratensian women	Arnsberg	1174	1804
Franciscan monastery Paderborn	Franciscan	Paderborn	1232	existing
Quernheim Abbey	Augustinian women	Quernheim Abbey	1147	1810	since 1532 women's monastery
Coming Ramersdorf	German medal	Ramersdorf	1230	1803
Minorite Monastery Ratingen	Minorites	Ratingen	1655	1803
Rengering Monastery	Cistercian women	Ostbevern	1247	1810
Reichenstein Monastery	Premonstratensian women	Kalterherberg	1131/36	1802	Initially a double monastery, then a women's monastery until 1487 and then canons, since 2017 Benedictines
Helene Nickel Pen	Poor servants of Jesus Christ	Roe	1900	1960
Rumbeck Abbey	Premonstratensian women	Arnsberg	1190	1806
Augustinian convent Rüthen	Augustinian women	Rüthen	1480	1734	then for a short time Ursulines
Capuchin monastery Rüthen	Capuchin	Rüthen	1654	1804
Cistercian monastery Saarn	Cistercian women	Mülheim an der Ruhr	1214	1808/09	today Salesian Oblates
Cistercian convent of St. Jöris	Cistercian women	Saint Jöris	1274	1802	gave the place its name
Monastery shell	Cistercian women	Bowl	1278	1527
Schildesche pen	Ladies pen	Shield ash	939	1810	Simultaneous pen since 1688
Schilling Chapels	Premonstratensian women	Dünstekoven	1197	1802	Augustinian choir women since 1450
Patrol pen	Canons	Soest	10th century	1812
St. Walburgis	Augustinian women	Soest	1166	1812	from 1582 ladies' pen
Dominican monastery Soest	Dominican	Soest	1228	1812
Franciscan monastery Soest	Franciscan	Soest	1233	1814
Paradiese monastery	Dominicans	Soest	1252	1808
House Maria im Venn	Christian women	Stolberg (Rhineland)	1973	existing	previously based in Aachen since the 14th century
Scheda monastery	Premonstratensians	Wiehagen	1243	1809
Schwarzenbroich Monastery	Order of the Holy Cross	Long suffering	1340	1802
Cistercian convent Segenstal	Cistercian women	Vlotho	around 1258	1430
Seligenthal Monastery	Minorites	Seligenthal	1231	1803
Steinfeld Monastery	Premonstratensians	Call	1130	1802	Salvatorian since 1923
Benedictine Abbey Steinfeld	Benedictine women	Steinfeld	1955	2019
Sterkrade Monastery	Cistercian women	Sterkrade	1240	1809
Stiepel Monastery	Cistercians	Stiepel	1988	existing
Überwasser Monastery	Ladies pen	Muenster	1040	1773
Varensell Abbey	Benedictine women	Gütersloh-Rietberg	1902	existing
Rietberg Monastery	Franciscan	Rietberg	1618	1979
Varlar Abbey	Premonstratensians	Rosendahl	1123	1803
Franciscan monastery Vossenack	Franciscan	Hürtgenwald- Vossenack	1966	existing	with high school and boarding school
Vreden Abbey	Ladies pen	Vreden	839	1810
Dominican monastery St. Albert (Walberberg)	Dominican	Bornheim- Walberberg	1925	2007	Albertus Magnus Academy as the Philosophical and Theological College of the Dominicans (until 1974); Folk high school "Walberberger Institut"
Annenborn Monastery	Augustinian women	Waltringhausen	1322	1408	incorporated in the St. Walburgis monastery Soest
Wedinghausen Monastery	Premonstratensians	Arnsberg	1170	1803
Weiher Monastery	Augustinian women	Lindenthal	1198	1474	canceled on the occasion of the Cologne collegiate feud , relocation of the convent to St. Cäcilien
Welver Monastery	Cistercian women	Welver	1249	1809
Wenau Premonstratensian Monastery	Premonstratensian women	Wenau	1122	1802	Double monastery until 1340, then Premonstratensian to Schwarzenbroich monastery
Become an abbey	Benedictine	eat	800	1803
Werl Monastery	Capuchins / Franciscans	Werl	1654 1848	1834 2019	Capuchins until 1834, Franciscans from 1848
Capuchin monastery Werne	Capuchin	Werne	1659	1843	again since 1887
Franciscan monastery Wiedenbrück	Franciscan	Wiedenbrück	1644	existing
Willebadessen Monastery	Benedictine women	Will bath food	1149	1810
Herchen Monastery	Cistercian women	Windeck	1247	1581
Franciscan monastery Wipperfürth	Franciscan	Wipperfürth	1657	1818
Canons' Monastery of Wissel	Canons	Wissel	9th century	1802	Collegiate Church of St. Clement
Witten Carmelite Monastery	Discalced Carmelites	Witten	1954	existing
Wormeln Monastery	Cistercian women	Worms	around 1240	1810
St. Ursula Monastery	Order of the Holy Cross	Wuppertal	1953	2005
Agnetenkloster Xanten	Franciscan Sisters	Xanten	1402	1802	Cistercian and Benedictine women since 1605
Jesuit monastery Xanten	Jesuit	Xanten	1609	1802
Karthaus Xanten	Carthusian	Xanten	1628	1802
Xanten pen	Canons	Xanten	8th century	1802
Zissendorf Monastery	Cistercian women	Shock village	1247	?
Steinhaus Monastery	Order of the Holy Cross	Wuppertal	1298	existing