Eibingen, now a part of Rüdesheim am Rhein, Hessen, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 is the location of Eibingen Abbey

Eibingen Abbey

Eibingen Abbey is a community of Benedictine nuns in Eibingen near Rüdesheim in Hesse, Germany.The original community was founded in 1165 by Hildegard von Bingen...

, the Benedictine

Benedictine

Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...

 monastery founded by Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen

Blessed Hildegard of Bingen , also known as Saint Hildegard, and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, Benedictine abbess, visionary, and polymath. Elected a magistra by her fellow nuns in 1136, she founded the monasteries of Rupertsberg in 1150 and...

 in 1165 (replacing an Augustine foundation of 1148).

Eibingen preserves the treasure of relics assembled by Hildegard, including the heads of Saint Gudula, Saint Bertha of Bingen

Bertha of Bingen

Saint Bertha of Bingen was the mother of Rupert of Bingen. Her biography was written, and subsequently her cult popularized, by Hildegard of Bingen, who lived in the same region, about three hundred years later...

, Saint Valerian, and Saint Wipert besides the arm of Saint Rupert of Bingen

Rupert of Bingen

Saint Rupert of Bingen was the son of Bertha of Bingen, a Christian noblewoman. His father was a pagan called Robold. After the latter's death, the child was raised as a Christian by his mother. Bertha and Rupert share a feast day on May 15.Rupert undertook a pilgrimage to Rome aged 15, and is...

and Hildegard's own remains.