Mont Sainte-Odile Abbey
Mont Sainte-Odile Abbey, also known as Hohenburg Abbey, is a nunnery, situated on Mont Sainte-Odile, one of the most famous peaks of the Vosges mountain range in the French region of Alsace.Photo: Ian Coates, CC0.
- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: abbey located in Bas-Rhin, in France
- Also known as: “Couvent du Mont Sainte-Odile”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mont Sainte-Odile and Basilique Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption de Mont Sainte-Odile.
Mont Sainte-Odile
Peak
Photo: Woehrling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mont Sainte-Odile is a 764-metre-high peak in the Vosges Mountains in Alsace in France, immediately west of Barr. The mountain is named after Saint Odile.
Basilique Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption de Mont Sainte-Odile
Church
Photo: Mattis, Public domain.
Basilique Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption de Mont Sainte-Odile is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Nabor and Ottrott.
Saint-Nabor
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint-Nabor is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Ottrott
Village
Photo: Woehrling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ottrott is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It lies southwest of Strasbourg. The vineyards in and around Ottrott produce the red Rouge d'Ottrott, a geographical denomination within the registered designation of origin Alsace AOC. Ottrott is situated 2½ km northeast of Mont Sainte-Odile Abbey.
Heiligenstein
Village
Photo: Ralph Hammann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Heiligenstein is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. Its name means holy rock. It lies some 15 kilometres to the north of Sélestat. Heiligenstein is situated 3½ km southeast of Mont Sainte-Odile Abbey.
Mont Sainte-Odile Abbey
- Categories: abbey, collegiate church, religious community, building, tourism, tourist attraction, and religion
- Location: Ottrott, Arrondissement of Molsheim, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.43779° or 48° 26′ 16″ northLongitude
7.40525° or 7° 24′ 19″ eastOpen location code
8FW9CCQ4+43OpenStreetMap ID
way 31899538OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q2820602
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Italian—“Mont Sainte-Odile Abbey” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “monestir de Santa Odila”
- Chinese: “霍恩堡修道院”
- Czech: “Klášter Mont Sainte-Odile”
- Dutch: “Abdij Hohenbourg”
- French: “abbaye de Hohenbourg”
- French: “Abbaye de Hohenbourg”
- French: “Couvent du mont Sainte-Odile”
- French: “Monastère de Hohenbourg”
- German: “Kanonissenstift Hohenburg (Odilienberg), später Prämonstratenserstift, Frankreich”
- German: “Kloster Hohenburg”
- Indonesian: “Biara Mont Sainte-Odile”
- Italian: “abbazia di Hohenbourg”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Hohenbourg”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gendarmerie nationale and Cimetière Mérovingien.
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