These are pictures of the himmerod Abbey in Grosslittgen It is a operating Benedictine monastery. The church is built of stones quarried in the Roman times and transported from Trier to himmerod. There is a fish market here and a store that sells religious music, rosaries and wall plaques. A resturant is also present that serves a sunday brunch buffet.
Himmerod Abbey ( Kloster Himmerod) is a Cistercian monastery in the community of Großlittgen in the Verbandsgemeinde of Manderscheid in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, located in the Eifel, in the valley of the Salm. Himmerod Abbey was founded in 1134 by Saint Bernard and is a direct foundation of Clairvaux. In its turn it founded a daughter house, Heisterbach Abbey, in 1189. The Baroque church was completed in 1751, but after secularisation from 1802 under French occupation fell into ruin.
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