The noted Cistercian Abbey of Altenberg, 11 miles north-east of Cologne, Germany, is observing its 800 th Anniversary this and next month. It wfts originally the ancestral castle of the Counts zu Berg, but in 1133 the brothers, Adolf and Eberhard zu Berg, presented it to the monks and themselves became brothers of the Order. The monks of this abbey played an important role in Christianising not only western Germany, but even sent their missionaries far into the east. The chief celebration will be on May 28, when ecclesiastical dignitaries of high rank will take part in festival services, wearing valuable old robes now preserved in the Schnutgen Museum in Cologne.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20860, 20 May 1933, Page 17
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