Kloster Böddeken im Tal des Friedens

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Monastery
Cemetery
Former monastery complex in the Valley of Peace
The former Böddeken monastery complex is located here. The history of the monastery and the settlement begins in 836/837 when the nobleman "Meinolf" founded the "Böddeken" convent with a donation. In 1409, the convent was converted into an Augustinian canon monastery.

After secularization, Böddeken became a state domain, but in 1822 it passed to the Lords of Mallinckrodt and is still in their possession today.


One kilometer south of Böddeken is the Meinolfus Chapel with the cemetery of honour created after the Second World War, where over 300 dead of the last war who fell in the former district of Büren have found their final resting place.

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Openings

Permanently closed
The monastery is used as an estate and boarding school. It is therefore not possible to visit.

Payment methods

no entrance possible

Directions & Parking facilities

The Böddeken monastery is located on the L818 north of highway 44.

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Stadt Büren
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