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Abtei Mariawald

Heimbach

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The Mariawald Monastery with its centuries-old tradition is internationally renowned as a place of silence and spiritual contemplation. Visit the Sunday church service or take advantage of the individual guided tours and lectures. A visit to the monastery store and the monastery restaurant will round off your stay. In the monastery store you will find art and literature as well as a complete range of the monastery's own products such as Mariawald pea soup, monastery liqueurs, baked goods, cookies and chocolates. You can also buy Trappist beer and cheese, gray and brown bread, spreads, fresh beef and game from the monastery's own meadows and the surrounding forests.

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