Oelenberg Abbey
Oelenberg Abbey is a Trappist monastery located in Reiningue near Mulhouse, France. It has been an important place of worship in Alsace since the 11th century and most recently hosted a small community of ten monks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Monastery
- Description: abbey located in Haut-Rhin, in France
- Also known as: “Abbatiale de l’Oelenberg” and “Abbaye Notre-Dame d’Oelenberg”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Reiningue and Heimsbrunn.
Reiningue
Town hall
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Reiningue is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. Reiningue is situated 1½ km east of Oelenberg Abbey.
Heimsbrunn
Town hall
Photo: Rauenstein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heimsbrunn is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. The village has an area of 10.59 km2. Heimsbrunn is situated 2 km southeast of Oelenberg Abbey.
Église Saint-Romain de Reiningue
Church
Photo: Rauenstein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Romain de Reiningue is a church, which is situated 1½ km east of Oelenberg Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Richwiller and Aspach-le-Haut.
Richwiller
Village
Photo: Rauenstein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Richwiller is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. Richwiller is situated 6 km northeast of Oelenberg Abbey.
Aspach-le-Haut
Village
Photo: Rauenstein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aspach-le-Haut is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Aspach-Michelbach. Aspach-le-Haut is situated 7 km northwest of Oelenberg Abbey.
Michelbach
Village
Photo: Rauenstein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Michelbach is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Aspach-Michelbach. Michelbach is situated 7 km west of Oelenberg Abbey.
Oelenberg Abbey
- Categories: Trappist monastery, collegiate church, church, building, and religion
- Location: Reiningue, Arrondissement of Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
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Latitude
47.74589° or 47° 44′ 45″ northLongitude
7.21326° or 7° 12′ 48″ eastElevation
286 metres (938 feet)Open location code
8FV9P6W7+98OpenStreetMap ID
way 182496065OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchGeoNames ID
11101614Wikidata ID
Q334089
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Tosk Albanian—“Oelenberg Abbey” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Абатство Ольонберг”
- Dutch: “Abtei Oelenberg”
- French: “abbaye d’Oelenberg”
- French: “abbaye Notre-Dame d’Oelenberg”
- French: “Abbaye Notre-Dame d’Oelenberg”
- French: “couvent d’Oelenberg”
- German: “Abtei Oelenberg”
- German: “Augustinerchorherrenstift Oelenberg, Frankreich”
- German: “Oelenberg”
- Italian: “abbazia di Oelenberg”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Oelenberg”
- Latin: “Oelenberg”
- Spanish: “abadia de Oelenberg”
- Spanish: “abadía de Oelenberg”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Oelenberg”
- Swiss German: “Kloschter vum Eelabarg”
- Tosk Albanian: “Abtei Oelenberg”
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