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Hohenlimburg Elsey, Im Stift 35
Hohenlimburg Elsey, Im Stift 35

Elsey Abbey, earlier Elsey Priory (German: Kloster Elsey) is a former women's religious house located near Elsey, now part of Hohenlimburg, Hagen, Germany. It was founded in about 1220 by Friedrich von Isenberg for Premonstratensian canonesses and endowed with the local parish church and other possessions. In the 15th century it became a house of secular canonesses of the nobility (a Damenstift) under an abbess. In the 16th century during the Reformation the parish became Protestant and the abbey followed suit in due course. It was dissolved in 1810 during the secularisation of the period. There remain the Romanesque church and some of the canonesses' houses.

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Elsey Abbey
Elseyer Kirchplatz, Hagen

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Evangelische Kirche Elsey (Stiftskirche)

Elseyer Kirchplatz
58119 Hagen (Hohenlimburg)
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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