Liesborn Abbey

Liesborn Abbey
Kloster Liesborn
Monastery information
OrderBenedictine
DenominationCatholic
Establishedc. 815
Disestablished1803
DioceseMünster
People
Founder(s)Bozo and Bardo (probable)
AbbotHeinrich of Cleves, Johann Smalebecker, Anton Kalthoff, Gerlach Westhof
BishopEgbert of Münster
Important associated figuresBernhard Witte, Master of Liesborn
Architecture
StatusDissolved
Functional statusHistorical Site
StyleGothic (rebuilt)
Completion date1506 (rebuilt church)
Closed1803
Site
LocationLiesborn, Wadersloh, Germany
CountryGermany
Visible remainsGothic church, monastic buildings

Liesborn Abbey (German: Kloster Liesborn) was a Benedictine monastery (originally for nuns or women's collegiate foundation) in Liesborn, in what was originally the Dreingau, now a part of Wadersloh in the district of Warendorf in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.