Bellemagny Convent

Bellemagny Convent is the birthplace of the congregation of worshiping Benedictine sisters, founded in 1851 by Father Joseph Aloyse Faller who was born in Barr in 1816.

This community spread very rapidly and in Indre, Drôme, Burgundy, Haute-Saone, St. Louis and Lutterbach, Louisiana (USA), Switzerland, Germany and Austria the sisters were asked to to support orphanages, schools, boarding schools, homes for the disabled and the elderly, etc. Today, the Bellemagny convent is still the headquarters for the rest of the congregation and the French provinces.

The Compostela pilgrim route passes by Bellemagny Convent. Every year, 200 to 300 pilgrims stay there for a night or two. The sisters can accommodate up to fifteen people. They prepare their dinner and breakfast. This house is also open to people who want to relax and to groups who need a meeting room.
A chapel and private buildings and religious structures in the cemetery and a park form an imposing group.