Aftholderbach Cistercian convent

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The Cistercian monastery Aftholderbach (also: Affolderbach or Affolterbach ) was a monastery of the Cistercian women in Miehlen near Nastätten , Rhein-Lahn-Kreis , in Rhineland-Palatinate from 1222 to 1544 .

history

Count Rupert IV. Von Nassau founded the nunnery Hortus floridus in Affolterbach ("Apfelbaumbach") in 1222 . In 1544 the convent was incorporated into the Walsdorf Benedictine convent in what is now Idstein . There are no direct remnants, but a manor on site bears the name Aftholderbach. The buildings belong to the Aftholderbach monument zone .

literature

  • Gereon Christoph Maria Becking: Cistercian monasteries in Europe, map collection. Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-931836-44-4 , p. 54 C.
  • Sebastian Brunner (Ed.): A book of Cistercians . Woerl, Vienna 1881 / Salzwasser, Paderborn 2013, p. 619 (Affolterbach)
  • Laurent Henri Cottineau : Repertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés . Vol. 1. Protat, Mâcon 1939–1970. Reprint: Brepols, Turnhout 1995. Column 24.
  • Hellmuth Gensicke (1917–2006): 700 years of Aftholderbach Monastery . In: Rhein-Lahnfreund 21 (1972) p. 15.
  • Albrecht Greule : German water names book . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, p. 25.
  • Edmund Gross: Miehlen. From 700 years of its history along with the history of the Aftholderbach monastery and estate . Miehlen 1979, pp. 216-261.
  • Bernard Peugniez : Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne. Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 573.
  • Peter Pfister : monastery leader of all Cistercian monasteries in the German-speaking area. 2nd edition, Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 1998, p. 394.

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Coordinates: 50 ° 12 ′ 41.4 ″  N , 7 ° 51 ′ 37.5 ″  E