# List of Carolingian monasteries

This is a partial list of monasteries of the Carolingian Empire, in Western Europe around the year 800.
| Abbey | Location (present-day) | Foundation date (traditional) | Founder (traditional) |
| Altomünster Abbey | Altomünster | before 760 | Alto |
| Amorbach Abbey | Amorbach | 734 | Amor, disciple of Pirmin |
| Andernach Abbey | Andernach | | |
| Annegray Abbey | La Voivre | c.585-590 | Columbanus |
| Argenteuil Abbey | Argenteuil | 656 / first mentioned 697 | |
| Barisis-aux-Bois Abbey | Barisis-aux-Bois | | |
| Benedictbeuren Abbey | Benediktbeuern | 739/740 | Lanfrid, Waldram and Eliland |
| Blois Abbey | Blois | | |
| Bobbio Abbey | Bobbio | 614 | Columbanus |
| Bruyères-le-Châtel Abbey | Bruyères-le-Châtel | 673 | Chlotilde |
| Chelles Abbey | Chelles | 657/660 | Balthild |
| Condat Abbey | Saint-Claude | 657/660 | Romanus and Lupicinus |
| Corbie Abbey | Corbie | 657/661 | Balthild |
| Disentis Abbey | Disentis | 700 | |
| Dol Abbey | Dol-de-Bretagne | 6th century | Samson of Dol |
| Echternach Abbey | Echternach | 698 | Willibrord |
| Ellwangen Abbey | Ellwangen | c. 764 | Herulph and Ariolf |
| Faremoutiers Abbey | Faremoutiers | 620 | Burgundofara |
| Fécamp Abbey | Fécamp | c. 658 | Waningus |
| Ferrières Abbey | Ferrières-en-Gâtinais | c. 630 | Columbanus |
| Flavigny Abbey | Flavigny-sur-Ozerain | 717 | Widerad |
| Fleury Abbey | Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire | c. 640 | Leodebaldus |
| Fritzlar Abbey | Fritzlar | c. 732 | Boniface |
| Gengenbach Abbey | Gengenbach | in or after 727 | Pirmin |
| Gorze Abbey | Gorze | c. 757 | Chrodegang |
| Frauenchiemsee Abbey | Chiemsee | 782 | Tassilo III |
| Fulda Abbey | Fulda | 744 | Sturm |
| Hautmont Abbey | Hautmont | 646? | Vincent Madelgarius |
| Hautvillers Abbey | Hautvillers | 650 | Nivard |
| Herbrechtingen Abbey | Herbrechtingen | | |
| Herford Abbey | Herford | c. 800 | Waltger |
| Herrenchiemsee Abbey | Chiemsee | 782 | Tassilo III |
| Hersfeld Abbey | Bad Hersfeld | before 744, refounded 769 | Sturm, Lullus |
| Holy Cross Abbey | Poitiers | 552 | Radegunde |
| Holzkirchen Abbey | Holzkirchen | | |
| Homburg Abbey | Homburg an der Unstrut | | |
| Honau Abbey | La Wantzenau | 720 | Adalbert |
| Hornbach Abbey | Hornbach, Germany | c. 741 | Pirmin |
| Innichen Abbey | Innichen | 769 | Tassilo III |
| Jouarre Abbey | Jouarre | 630 | Ado |
| Jumièges Abbey | Jumièges | c. 654 | Philibert |
| Kaiserswerth Abbey | Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth | | |
| Kempten Abbey | Kempten | 752 | Audogar |
| Klingenmünster Abbey | Klingenmünster | 626 | |
| Kitzingen Abbey | Kitzingen | | |
| Kochel Abbey | Kochel | | |
| Kremsmünster Abbey | Kremsmünster | 777 | Tassilo III |
| Landévennec Abbey | Landévennec | c. 490 | Winwaloe |
| Lérins Abbey | Île Saint-Honorat | c. 410 | Honoratus |
| Liessies Abbey | Liessies | 751 | Wilbert |
| Lobbes Abbey | Lobbes | c. 645 | Landelin |
| Loches Abbey | Loches | | |
| Lorsch Abbey | Lorsch | 764 | Cancor |
| Luxeuil Abbey | Luxeuil-les-Bains | c. 590 | Columbanus |
| Marchtal Abbey | Obermarchtal | before 776 | |
| Marmoutier Abbey | Marmoutier | c. 590 or 659 | Leobard? |
| Maroilles Abbey | Maroilles | c. 650 | Radobert |
| Mazerolles Abbey | Mazerolles | | |
| Metten Abbey | Metten | c. 766 | Gamelbert |
| Mettlach Abbey | Mettlach | c. 676 | Leudwinus |
| Michaelbeuern Abbey | Dorfbeuern | 736 | |
| Mondsee Abbey | Mondsee | 748 | Odilo |
| Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey | Mont-Saint-Michel | 709 | Aubert |
| Mont Sainte-Odile Abbey | Mont Sainte-Odile | c. 690 | Odile |
| Montier-en-Der Abbey | Montier-en-Der | c. 670 | Bercharius |
| Moutier-Grandval Abbey | Moutier, Grandval | c. 640 | |
| Munster Abbey | Munster | | |
| Murbach Abbey | Murbach | 727 | Pirmin |
| Nantua Abbey | Nantua | c.660 | Amandus |
| Neustadt am Main Abbey | Neustadt am Main | 738 | Burchard |
| Niederaltaich Abbey | Niederalteich | 741 | Odilo |
| Nivelles Abbey | Nivelles | 640 | Gertrude |
| Noirmoutier Abbey | Noirmoutier | 674 | Philibert |
| Nonantola Abbey | Nonantola | 752 | Anselm of Nonantola |
| Nouaillé Abbey | Nouaillé-Maupertuis | End of seventh century | |
| Novalesa Abbey | Novalesa | 726 | Abbo |
| Ochsenfurt Abbey | Ochsenfurt | | |
| Ohrdruf Abbey | Ohrdruf | | |
| Orbais Abbey | Orbais-l'Abbaye | | |
| Ottobeuren Abbey | Ottobeuren | 764 | Toto |
| Péronne Abbey | Péronne | | |
| Pfäfers Abbey | Pfäfers | 731 | |
| Prüm Abbey | Prüm | 721 | Bertrada and Caribert |
| Rebais Abbey | Rebais | 630/640 | Audoin |
| Reichenau Abbey | Reichenau Island | 724 | Pirmin |
| Remiremont Abbey | Remiremont | c. 620 | Romaric |
| Reuil-en-Brie Abbey | Reuil-en-Brie | 7th century | Rado |
| Rheinau Abbey | Rheinau | c. 778 | |
| Romainmôtier Abbey | Romainmôtier-Envy | c. 450 | Romanus of Condat |
| Saint-Amand Abbey | Saint-Amand-les-Eaux | 633/639 | Amandus |
| St Andoche Abbey | Autun | 592 | Brunhilde |
| Saint-Aubin d’Angers Abbey | Angers | Before 616 | Bobenus? |
| Saint Bavo's Abbey | Ghent | 7th century | Amandus |
| Saint Bertin Abbey | Saint-Omer | 648 | Bertin |
| Sainte Colombe Abbey | Sens | 620 | Chlothar II |
| Saint-Denis Abbey | Saint-Denis | 623/39 | Dagobert I |
| Saint Eloi Abbey | Noyon | 645 | Eligius |
| Saint Emmeram's Abbey | Regensburg | c. 739 | |
| St Gall Abbey | St. Gallen | 1st half 8th century | Gall |
| Saint Genevieve Abbey | Paris | 502? | Chlodowech & Saint Clotilde |
| Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines Abbey | Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines | First mentioned 819 | |
| Saint-Germain-des-Prés Abbey | Paris | c. 557 | Germanus |
| Saint Glossinde Abbey | Metz | c. 604 | Glossinde |
| Saint-Hubert Abbey | Saint-Hubert | 687 | Pepin of Herstal |
| Saint John Abbey | Müstair | c. 780 | |
| St. John the Great Abbey | Autun | First mentioned in 589 | Syagrius of Autun |
| Saint Junian Abbey | Nouaillé-Maupertuis | 6th century | Junian |
| St. Ludger's Abbey | Helmstedt | c. 800 | Ludger |
| Saint Lucian Abbey | Beauvais | c. 585 | Chilperic I? |
| St Martin Abbey | Autun | c. 589 | Syagrius of Autun |
| St Maixent Abbey | Saint-Maixent-l'École | 459? | Agapitus, but named after Maxentius |
| Saint-Maurice d'Agaune Abbey | Saint-Maurice | 515 | Sigismund of Burgundy |
| Saint-Médard de Soissons Abbey | Soissons | 557 | Chlothar I |
| Saint Mesmin Abbey | Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin | ca. 501 | Euspicius |
| Saint Mihiel Abbey | Saint-Mihiel | 708/709 | Wulfoalde and Adalsinde |
| Saint Peter's Abbey | Ghent | 7th century | Amandus |
| Saint Peter Abbey | Solignac | 631 | Eligius |
| Saint-Pierre de la Couture Abbey | Le Mans | before 616 | Bertechramus |
| Saint Pierre-le-Bas Abbey | Vienne | 6th century | Leonianus |
| Saint-Pierre-le-Vif Abbey | Sens | 6th century | Theudechild |
| Sankt Pölten Abbey | Sankt Pölten | | |
| Saint-Quentin Abbey | Saint-Quentin | 7th century | Chlodovech II |
| Saint-Riquier Abbey | Saint-Riquier | 625 | Richarius |
| Saint-Sauveur Abbey | Sarlat | 750 | |
| Saint Symphorian Abbey | Metz | c. 609 | Pappolus |
| Sint-Truiden Abbey | Sint-Truiden | c. 655 | Trudo |
| Saint-Vaast Abbey | Arras | 667 | Audebert |
| Saint Wandrille Abbey | Saint-Wandrille-Rançon | 648 | Wandregisel |
| Schäftlarn Abbey | Schäftlarn | 762 | Waltrich |
| Schänis Abbey | Schänis | 9th century | |
| Schuttern Abbey | Schuttern | 603 | Offo |
| Solnhofen Abbey | Solnhofen | | |
| Staffelsee Abbey | Staffelsee | c. 740 | Lanfrid, Waldram and Eliland |
| Stavelot-Malmedy Abbey | Stavelot, Malmedy | 648 | Remaclus |
| Susteren Abbey | Susteren | First mentioned in 711 | Willibrord |
| Tauberbischofsheim Abbey | Tauberbischofsheim | | Boniface |
| Tegernsee Abbey | Tegernsee | 746 or 765 | |
| Tonnerre Abbey | Tonnerre | c.800 | |
| Weissenburg Abbey | Wissembourg | 661 | Dragobodo |
| Weltenburg Abbey | Weltenburg | c. 617 | Agilus and Eustace |
| Werden Abbey | Werden | 799 | Ludger |
| Wessobrun Abbey | Wessobrunn | 753 | Tassilo III |

## Sources

* Rosamond McKitterick, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians (1983), p. 377. This is a map, and excludes monasteries attached directly to episcopal sees.