Varlar Abbey

Varlar Abbey, often referred to as a monastery, was a Premonstratensian monastery founded by the Counts of Cappenberg in the Münsterland region. The monastery, which has been converted into Varlar Castle, is located in the farming community of Varlar in the Rosendahl district of Osterwick. The community there existed from about 1123/24 until secularization in 1803. After that, the monastery passed into the possession of the Wildgraves and Rhinegraves of Salm, who took over a large part of the extensive ecclesiastical property and also became sovereigns for a short time.

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