Hessen: Neue Jugendherberge is located in the Altes Kloster Höchst

Während otherwisewo Jugendherbergen schließen müssen, erhält Höchst im Odenwald kaal a new: The evangelical Church rents zu diesem Zweck a ehemaliges Klostergebäude. Both can be profitable.

There are traditions, a former monastery in the Hessian Höchst in the Odenwald with its Jugendherberge. The Jugendherbergswerk Hessen spoke about a new “Jewel in Southern Hesse”. As a Jugendherberge stehe das Kloster Höchst can all for Veranstaltungen who offer Gruppenreisen, Tagungen and Familienurlaube, hieß es.

The youth hostel association leases the building of the Evangelical Church in Hessen and Nassau (EKHN). The contract was launched on January 1, 2025 for the last years, the EKHN in Darmstadt mit. It is the best choice for an option on Extension. Bookings were accepted.

Church Synod decision on Verpachtung

The ehemalige Klosterwar will be a Kirchliche Bildungsstätte, which more than 100 Übernachtungsgästen Platz bot. “I am very happy, that is the Kloster and the Kloster team now that we have the same responsibility,” said the Geschäftsführerin der Evangelischen Tagungshäuser in Hesse, Annette Frenz.

The bishherigen Hauptnutzern wie der Evangelischen Jugend in Hesse und Nassau (EJHN), Deanates and Kirchengemeinden ebenso wie Schulklasses became the Haus weiter offen stehen, teilte die EKHN mit.

The Church Synod of the EKHN should wrap up the Jugendbildungsstätte “Kloster Höchst” in April. Vorausgedingen war an intensive discussion about the Zukunft des Klosters. The year 2021 will be the decision of the Synod, based on the principles of the Tagungsbetrieb einzustellen, 2023 will be the decision that concludes the Protest of the Youth.

I am 12 years old and was born

Das Areal would be founded in the Augustinerinnen monastery by the Abtei Fulda. The file was collected in 16 years and was then moved to an evangelical monastery fund. Founded in 1957 by the Bau der Evangelischen Kirche in Hesse and Nassau.

Zuletzt hatte mit der Burg Hessenstein in Vöhl-Ederbringhausen (Waldeck-Frankenberg) Hessens älteste Jugendherberge schließen müssen. Grund were those rückläufigen Buchungen. Die Herbergen complained about an investment amount of 70 to 100 million euros, which would mean that the youth hostel works would disappear over the course of 20 years.