Åsebakken Priory, or the Priory of Our Lady, Åsebakken, is a Benedictine nunnery at Birkerød

Birkerød

Birkerød is a town and was a municipality in Frederiksborg County on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark...

, about 20 km north of Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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 in Denmark

Denmark

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. The nunnery is a member of the Beuronese Congregation

Beuronese Congregation

The Beuronese Congregation, or Beuron Congregation, is a union of mostly German or German-speaking religious houses of both monks and nuns within the Benedictine Confederation...

 within the Benedictine Confederation

Benedictine Confederation

The Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict is the international governing body of the Order of Saint Benedict.-Origin:...

.

Founded in 1914 in Copenhagen, as a nunnery of the Perpetual Adoration, the community changed to a Benedictine house under the influence of the Beuronese

Beuronese Congregation

The Beuronese Congregation, or Beuron Congregation, is a union of mostly German or German-speaking religious houses of both monks and nuns within the Benedictine Confederation...

mode of life in 1937.

The nunnery moved to the present premises, a former country house, in 1942. Although the Beuronese Constitution was adopted in 1936, formal incorporation was completed only in 1988.

External links

Website of the Beuronese Congregation
Priory of Our Lady, Åsebakken