Maria Engelport Abbey

The Maria Engelport Monastery was founded around 1220 by Knight Emelrich von Monreal, who settled Cistercian nuns from Kumbd Monastery. This initial community was short-lived due to insufficient support. A second foundation occurred in 1262 under Philipp von Wildenburg and Irmgard von Braunshorn, who brought Dominican nuns from an Ardennes monastery, including three of their daughters, to Engelport. On August 28, 1272, the nuns transitioned to the Premonstratensian Order. From 1275, the monastery was under the supervision of the Abbot of Sayn Monastery. During the Thirty Years' War, the complex was largely devastated by Swedish troops, with only the cloister and church remaining. Under the leadership of the mistresses Elisabeth and Regina Elisabeth von Metzenhausen, reconstruction took place in the 17th century. Until its dissolution in 1802, up to 25 choir nuns lived at the monastery.