Altenberg Abbey

Altenberg Abbey
Altenberg Abbey about 1707, drawing based on a copper engraving by Johann Jakob Sartor
Religion
Statusdissolved during the secularisation of Germany in 1803
Location
LocationAltenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Geographic coordinates51°3′17″N 7°7′58″E / 51.05472°N 7.13278°E / 51.05472; 7.13278
Former abbey church of Altenberg Abbey, now known as the Altenberger Dom
Birth of Christ: detail of the initial letter "H" from a manuscript of Altenberg Abbey, on the Berlin Christmas stamp of 1979[1]

Altenberg Abbey (Abtei Altenberg) (Latin: Vetus Mons) is a former Cistercian monastery in Altenberg, now a part of the municipality of Odenthal in the Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.