Location
Official nameTrappistinnenabtei Maria Frieden
Number31
AddressAbtei Maria Frieden Hermann-Josef-Strasse 6, Kall – Steinfeld, Germany
Contact Information
Telephone0049 (0) 244177180
SuperiorMutter Gratia Maria Adler, Abbess 2012
Other Information
Juridical statusAbbey
DioceseDioecesis Aquisgranensis (Aachen)
OCSO regionREI
OriginsFounded by Berkel (Arnhem), 3 December 1953. Erected as abbey 1955.
History
- The first group of nuns from Berkel arrived 8 December 1952, at the location prepared by Mariawald.
Father immediateMariawald (until 2009); Delegate of the Father Immediate : Scourmont (2010-2017); Oelenberg; Echt (2024)
Past superiors
- Pauline de REUVER — Superior — 08/12/1952 – 05/11/1955
- Pauline de REUVER — Abbess — 05/11/1955 – 30/11/1967
- Christophora VAN DYCK — Abbess — 30/11/1967 – 11/12/1970
- Fabiana VAN SWAAIJ — Abbess — 11/01/1971 – 11/01/1983
- Fabiana VAN SWAAIJ — Sup. ad nutum — 12/01/1983 – 01/03/1983
- Ruth MERSMANN — Sup. ad nutum — 01/03/1983 – 29/10/1984
- Justina LUMCEROVA — Sup. ad nutum — 29/10/1984 – 22/02/1987
- Justina LUMCEROVA — Abbess — 22/02/1987 – 22/02/1993
- Gabriela VISSER — Abbess — 22/02/1993 – 31/12/2003
- Justina LUMCER — Abbess — 15/01/2004 — 18/02/2008
- Hildegard OTTE — Sup. ad nutum — 19/05/2008 – 29/10/2009
- Magdalena AUST — Sup. ad nutum — 2009 – 2012
Work/incomeLiturgical vestments; incense
TransportationBahnhof : Dahlem
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