Benediktinerabtei Marienmünster In Westfalen

Famous former Benedictine Abbey founded in 1128 and located in the Westphalia region of Western Germany. The abbey was abolished by royal order in 1803. The former abbey church St. Jakobus der Ältere is still used as a Catholic parish church (Abteikirche Marienmünster). The church has a famous Baroque organ built in 1737 by Johann Patroclus Möller. A building of the Abbey site today is used as concert hall and venue (Konzerthaus Der Abtei Marienmünster / Ehemaliges Ackerhaus Der Abtei Marienmünster). The former Abbey site is operated by a public cultural foundation (Kulturstiftung Marienmünster).