MonasteryKerzenheim

Rosenthal Abbey

Museum

Kloster Rosenthal, once a Cistercian nunnery, is idyllically situated in the Rodenbach Valley in the Northern Palatinate. Today, it presents itself as a picturesque monastery ruin with a pond and a restaurant, around which a small district of Kerzenheim in the Donnersbergkreis has developed.

History+

The foundation of Kloster Rosenthal took place in 1241 by Count Eberhard IV of Eberstein, lord of Stauf Castle, and his wife Adelheid of Sayn. The early Gothic church of the monastery, dedicated to the Mother of God Mary, was consecrated in 1261 by Bishop Raugraf Eberhard I of Worms. Many daughters of the regional nobility entered the convent, which in 1496 comprised 70 people, including 31 choir nuns. Through dowries and donations, the monastery acquired extensive property in the surrounding area. A notable historical event was the burial of King Adolf of Nassau in 1298, who rested in Rosenthal for eleven years before being transferred to Speyer.

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