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Altenberg Abbey
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For the Premonstratensian nunnery in Hesse, see Altenberg Abbey, Solms.
Altenberg Abbey (Abtei Altenberg) (Latin: Vetus Mons) is a former Cistercian monastery in Altenberg, now a part of the municipality of Odenthal in the Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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![]() Altenberg Abbey about 1707, drawing based on a copper engraving by Johann Jakob Sartor | |
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Status | dissolved during the secularisation of Germany in 1803 |
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Location | Altenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
Geographic coordinates | 51°3′17″N 7°7′58″E |
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