Eppenberg
Title
Eppenberg
Also Known As
Epeimbec, Epeinberc
Dates
Founded by 1219; Carthusian from 1438/40; dissolved 1527
Dedication
John the Baptist
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
Eppenberg was founded in the 1210s, and its first sisters came from Ahnaberg. Relations between Eppenberg and its parent house were often strained, and by mid-century the monastery was independent.
Following complains about lax discipline from Ludwig I, Landgrave of Hesse, Eppenberg became a community of Carthusian men by 1440. Eppenberg was secularised in 1527 and the site passed into private hands. Much of the surviving monastic complex burned down in 1957 following a lightning strike. Today its former gatehouse houses a museum about bees.
Following complains about lax discipline from Ludwig I, Landgrave of Hesse, Eppenberg became a community of Carthusian men by 1440. Eppenberg was secularised in 1527 and the site passed into private hands. Much of the surviving monastic complex burned down in 1957 following a lightning strike. Today its former gatehouse houses a museum about bees.
Status
Women's community
Archival Sources
Reference
Bibliography
Heimerich, Gisela. Stift und Kartause zu Eppenberg. Quellen und Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Abtei und der Diözese Fulda 23. Fulda: Parzeller, 1979.
Image Credit
Ruins of the monastery church, 2011. Wikimedia.
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Files
Collection
Citation
“Eppenberg,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/533.