unless otherwise accredited.
Eibingen Abbey, Germany:
A Benedictine Abbey,
full of the Contemplative Life.
Founded in 1165 by Saint Hildegard von Bingen.
Web-Site: http://www.abtei-st-hildegard.de
Deutsch: Benediktinerinnenkloster Eibingen
English: Eibingen Abbey.
Photo: 8 October 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Moguntiner
Web-Site: http://www.abtei-st-hildegard.de
Deutsch: Abtei St. Hildegard in Eibingen,
Ortsteil von Rüdesheim am Rhein, Deutschland.
English: Interior of the Abbey Church of Eibingen, Germany.
Author: Haffitt
Photo: May 2012.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Hildegard von Bingen.
11,000 Virgins.
Chant for the Feast Day of
Saint Ursula.
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Eibingen Abbey (in German, Abtei St. Hildegard), full name "Benedictine Abbey of Saint Hildegard", is a Community of Benedictine Nuns, in Eibingen, near Rüdesheim, in Hesse, Germany.
The original Community were founded in 1165 by Hildegard von Bingen. It was dissolved at the beginning of the 19th-Century, during the secularisation of this part of Germany.
The present Community were established by Charles, 6th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, in 1904, and re-settled from St. Gabriel's Abbey, Bertholdstein. The Nunnery belongs to the Beuronese Congregation within the Benedictine Confederation.
In 1941, the Nuns were expelled by the Nazis; they were not able to return until 1945.
In 1988, the Sisters founded Marienrode Priory, at Hildesheim, Germany, which became independent of Eibingen Abbey in 1998.
The Nuns work in the vineyard and in the craft workshops, besides undertaking the traditional duties of hospitality. They can be heard (but not seen) singing their regular Services.
The Abbey is a Rhine Gorge World Heritage Site. The Church has been used for concerts of the Rheingau Musik Festival, such as a "BachTrompetenGala" with Edgar Krapp, organ.
