Augustinerkloster Rösrath

The monastery's history began in 1672 with the donation of the Rösrath Vitus Chapel to the Cologne Augustinian Hermits by the Archbishop of Cologne, Maximilian Heinrich of Bavaria. The monks took on the task of Catholic religious instruction and evangelization in Rösrath, as the local parish had become Protestant. The convent grew steadily, and from 1677, a monastery building was constructed. The monastery church was completed in 1708, and a school was established in 1710. A cemetery was laid out in 1798. In 1795, the monastery was attacked by French troops, during which the prior was murdered. The secularization in the Duchy of Berg led to the dissolution of the monastery in 1803. However, it served for almost three more decades as a central and dying-out monastery until it was finally closed in 1831. In 1832, King Frederick William III donated the monastery to the Catholic parish. The former monastery church became the parish church of St. Nicholas of Tolentino in 1853.

The Rösrath Monastery is located in the town of Rösrath in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

The preserved buildings of the former monastery are now protected as architectural monuments. The former monastery church serves as the parish church of St. Nicholas of Tolentino. The adjacent convent building is used as the rectory, while the Augustinus House once served as a school building and now functions as a parish hall and library. The monastery mill houses a restaurant. In spring 2014, a modern residential complex, the "Klostergarten Rösrath," was opened on the grounds.

• Obersülz Castle (Hoffnungsthal) (Castle, approx. 1300 m away)
• Hellenthal Castle (Hoffnungsthal) (Castle, approx. 1534 m away)
• Steinhaus Manor (Mansion and Manor House, approx. 2661 m away)
• Venauen House (Castle, approx. 2902 m away)