The Abbey of Notre Dame D’Oelenberg
Monastery of Cistercian Trappist monks in Reiningue, Alsace
OELENBERG ABBEY
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Timetable
Reception
From Wednesday to Friday:
From 09:30 to 11:30 From
14:30 to 16:00
Offices
Weekdays:
4:30, 7:00, 9:15, 12:00-14:00
17:30, 19:35
Sunday:
4.30am, 7.15am, 8.30am, 10.15am-12.15pm
2.15pm, 5pm, 7.35pm
Shop
Monday:
10.00am to 12.00pm
1.30pm to 6.00pm
Tuesday to Friday:
9am to 12pm
1.30pm to 6pm
Saturday:
From 9am to 12pmFrom
1.30pm to 5pm
Our Lady of Oelenberg Abbey
Notre-Dame d’Oelenberg Abbey is a French Trappist abbey, founded in 1046 and located in Alsace near Mulhouse. At first very prosperous in the 13th century, it was ruined by wars in the 14th century, and then began a long period of instability and decline.
It was not until 1825 that Oelenberg Abbey was finally revived and held on, despite the two destructions of the two World Wars!
Today, 9 Trappist monks still live there, according to the rule of Saint Benedict: “prayer and work”. In addition to the seven daily prayers, the Trappists of Oelenberg Abbey work with their hands in the management of the abbey and in the workshops.
Baking incredible meringues, making homemade pasta, making small biscuits etc. All this with the abbey’s famous flour, produced with the monks’ own wheat fields!