Stiepel Priory
Stiepel Priory is a Cistercian monastery in Stiepel in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
It was founded in 1988 at the instigation of Franz Hengsbach, first Bishop of the Diocese of the Ruhr. It is a dependent house of Heiligenkreuz Abbey in Austria.
The priory church is also a place of pilgrimage to the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is taken care of by the monks and the local parish.
Priors and Subpriors[]
From | To | Prior | Subprior |
1 September 1988 | 30 September 2001 | Beda Zilch | Christian Feurstein |
1 October 2001 | 30 September 2004 | Christian Feurstein | Jakobus Kempkes |
1 October 2004 | 10 February 2011 | Maximilian Heim | Jakobus Kempkes |
10 February 2011 | 12 Juny 2014 | Primin Holzschuh | Jakobus Kempkes |
13 Juny 2014 | 1 February 2018 | Primin Holzschuh | Andreas Wüller |
2 February 2018 | 30 November 2019 | Andreas Wüller | Gabriel Chumacera |
30 November 2019 | Maurus Zerb | Rupert Fetsch |
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kloster Stiepel. |
- (in German) Stiepel Priory website
Coordinates: 51°25′54.36″N 7°13′43.23″E / 51.4317667°N 7.2286750°E
Categories:
- Cistercian monasteries in Germany
- Monasteries in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Christian organizations established in 1988
- Buildings and structures in Bochum
- Christian monastery stubs
- North Rhine-Westphalia building and structure stubs