Kloster Glindfeld

The Augustinerinnenkloster Glindfeld stands in Glindfeld, a village near Medebach in the Sauerland hills. Founded after 1298 as an Augustinian convent, it became a Crosier monastery in 1499 and closed in 1804. The site once included a Romanesque church later rebuilt in Gothic style, a south wing added in 1694, and an 18th‑century new wing. The monastery is worth visiting for its long history and the figures who shaped it. In 1297 Archbishop Wigbold of Cologne ordered the move of Augustinian nuns from Küstelberg to Glindfeld, completed in 1299. The church, begun in Romanesque style, was changed to Gothic while under construction and finished only after 1338. By the late 15th century mismanagement left only two nuns; they and the provost received pensions when the monastery passed to the Crosiers in 1499. Today a former forest office occupies the remaining buildings. Visitors find the 1694 south wing and parts of the 18th‑century new wing with old cellar vaults. The Kulturring Medebach organises concerts, plays and art shows in the nearby Villa Hohe Mirke. The quiet village setting and surviving monastic structures recall centuries of religious life in the Sauerland.