Kloster Rechentshofen

The foundation of Rechentshofen Monastery took place around 1240 by the noble Belrein von Eselsberg and his wife Agnes von Bilversheim. They endowed the monastery with lands and tithes in Rechentshofen, Auenbühl, and the Hartwald. Belrein's daughter Berchtrad became the first abbess. Initially not directly part of the Cistercian Order as a women's monastery, it was formally admitted in 1267 and consecrated to the Virgin Mary. Initially, the monastery buildings were made of wood, but from 1288 onwards, they were replaced by solid stone structures. The monastery served as a burial site for the founding family and later also for the Counts of Vaihingen. The community never comprised more than 20 nuns. In the course of the Reformation in Württemberg, monastic life ended in 1564. From 1648, the former monastery became a Württemberg domain.

Rechentshofen Monastery is situated near Ludwigsburg in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, at an elevation of approximately 234 meters above sea level.

The former monastery complex has been used as a Württemberg domain since 1648.

• Freudental Castle (Castle, approx. 2809 m away)
• Grosssachsenheim Castle (Castle, approx. 3681 m away)
• Baiselberg Monastery Ruin (Sacred building, approx. 3719 m away)
• Altsachsenheim Castle Ruin (Castle, approx. 5605 m away)