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Welver Abbey

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Welver Monastery, a former Cistercian abbey, is located in the municipality of Welver near Soest in North Rhine-Westphalia. It captivates with its long history and the preserved sacred buildings, which today serve as Protestant and Catholic parish churches.

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The monastery of Welver was founded around 1240. Walter Vogt von Soest and his wife Sophia laid the material foundation by selling land and renouncing patronage rights. The first residents came from the Marienborn monastery. In 1244, the new monastery was officially admitted to the Cistercian Order and placed under the authority of Kamp Abbey. Extensive construction work took place between 1251 and 1257, concluding around 1261 with the completion of stone monastery buildings and the church. The economic basis of the monastery was solid, based on donations and the construction of mills.

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