St. Salvator

The first mention of a predecessor building to the current monastery church dates to around 840, when Louis the Pious had a cemetery chapel built there. Just thirty years later, this chapel was described as dilapidated by Louis the German and in 870 placed under the care of Prüm Abbey, which had it restored and reconsecrated. Emperor Otto III donated the chapel in 997 to a newly founded Benedictine convent on the Salvatorberg. As early as 1005, Emperor Henry II transferred it to the collegiate church of St. Adalbert. Around 1039, a new building in the form of a flat-roofed three-aisled pillar basilica was constructed on behalf of Henry III, which was transferred in 1059 to the Aachen Minster Chapter by his still underage son Henry IV and remained there until the secularization in 1802. The chapel initially gained a reputation as a pilgrimage church, but increasingly fell into disrepair from the 15th century onwards. Despite repeated restoration attempts between 1750 and 1800, the decay could not be stopped. After the secularization, the church was handed over in 1806 to the Aachen bishop Marc-Antoine Berdolet, who allowed the Josephine Institute to use it. As the condition of the old church continued to deteriorate, a complete new building in the style of a three-aisled basilica was finally constructed from 1883 to 1886 under the direction of Aachen city architect Joseph Laurent.

The St. Salvator Monastery is situated on the Salvatorberg, an elevation on the outskirts of Aachen, forming the southeastern spur of the Lousberg. It is located in the Aachen city region in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The current church building from the 19th century is protected as a historical monument in North Rhine-Westphalia. After a period of over 700 years of vacancy, the monastery wing was used by the Oblates of the Immaculate Virgin Mary from 1949 to 2012. The City of Aachen is currently the owner of the complex and has concluded a user agreement with the Sozialwerk Aachener Christen.

• Aachen City Fortification-Marienturm (approx. 325 m away)
• Aachen City Fortification-Ponttor (approx. 604 m away)
• Aachen Cathedral (approx. 1067 m away)
• Hausen Castle (approx. 1525 m away)