The monastery complex was formerly enclosed by a ring wall. The only access to the enclosed monastery grounds was through this monastery gate behind the Dhünn bridge.

The Baroque gable and volute finial date from the 18th century.

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View from the bridge to the Dhünn.

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The Baroque gate of the Cistercian abbey of Altenberg dates from the heyday of the Baroque period, which lasted from the Thirty Years' War until the middle of the 18th century.

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Location: Odenthal, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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