Fraulautern Abbey

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Established12th century
Dedicated toSt. Augustine
LocationSaarlouis in Saarland, Germany
Fraulautern Abbey
Abtei Fraulautern
Fraulautern Abbey, 1865, with in the foreground the new railway line on the Saar, on the left the abbey mill (Klostermühle), in the middle the Baroque abbey church, on the right the gatehouse
Fraulautern Abbey is located in Saarland
Fraulautern Abbey
Location within Saarland
Fraulautern Abbey is located in Germany
Fraulautern Abbey
Fraulautern Abbey (Germany)
Interactive map of Fraulautern Abbey
Monastery information
OrderAugustinian canonesses
Established12th century
Dedicated toSt. Augustine
Site
LocationSaarlouis in Saarland, Germany
Coordinates49°19′23″N 6°45′47″E / 49.323°N 6.763°E / 49.323; 6.763
Situation of the abbey and the village of Fraulautern on the Flandernweg on the "Plan de Sarlouis et de la Situation", map around 1740 with the municipal fortification; in the east the village of Fraulautern with its abbey on the banks of the Saar (Stadtarchiv Saarlouis)

Fraulautern Abbey (German: Abtei Fraulautern; Latin: Abbatia in Lutrea) was a community of Augustinian canonesses of the nobility, founded in the 12th century; it was suppressed in the 1790s during the French Revolution.

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