Wörschweiler Abbey

Coordinates: 49°17′03″N 7°18′27″E / 49.28417°N 7.30750°E / 49.28417; 7.30750
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Ruins of Wörschweiler Abbey

Wörschweiler Abbey (Latin: Verneri-Villerium; German: Kloster Wörschweiler) is a former Cistercian abbey in the commune of Homburg in Saarland state, Germany. The monastery site is about 30 kilometres east of Saarbrücken, on a mountain called Marienberg.

In 1131, Earl Friedrich of Saarwerden and his wife Gertrud founded Wörschweiler Abbey. In 1171, Wörscheiler Abbey became a daughter house of Villers-Bettnach Abbey.

Painting from 1810

Wörschweiler Abbey by Franz Carl Derkum (1810), Trier Public Library, Handschrift No. 1831/964

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49°17′03″N 7°18′27″E / 49.28417°N 7.30750°E / 49.28417; 7.30750


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