Fraulautern Abbey

Fraulautern Abbey (German: Abtei Fraulautern; Latin: Abbatia in Lutrea) was a community of Augustinian canonesses of the nobility, founded in the 12th century; it was suppressed in the 1790s during the French Revolution.

The abbey buildings, which are still extant in part, are located in Fraulautern, now part of Saarlouis in Saarland, Germany.

Between the French Revolution and 1936, when Fraulautern was incorporated into Saarlouis (then known as Saarlautern), the buildings were used as the town hall.

They are now used by the Grundschule of Fraulautern under the name "Im Alten Kloster".

[1][2][3] From R. Rudolf Rehanek:[4] This article about a German religious building or structure is a stub.

Situation of the abbey and the village of Fraulautern on the Flandernweg on the "Plan de Sarlouis et de la Situation", map around 1740 with the municipal fortification; in the east the village of Fraulautern with its abbey on the banks of the Saar (Stadtarchiv Saarlouis)
Panorama of the former abbey buildings