Where can I find quiet, reconnect with myself, and dwell in the presence of the divine mystery?

A list of Protestant retreat houses and monasteries in Germany offering courses, silence, spiritual retreats, and exercises can be found here on: https://stillefinden.org/loc/evangelisches-kloster/  as well as on the EKHN’s “Orte der Stille” page You’ll also find a directory of Protestant communities and fellowships that offer opportunities for silence and retreat on the website of: https://www.evangelische-kommunitaeten.de/home/
Some communities and monasteries are also interdenominational. Often, spiritual accompaniment is available during the stay: spiritual guidance .

If you’re seeking to discover and walk your own spiritual path, training in meditation guidance can be a meaningful and enriching step. You’ll find more information about this opportunity and others here on our site.

Catholic retreat houses, places of silence, spiritual exercises, and monasteries can be found on: https://www.exerzitien.info/

A Selection of Protestant Monasteries and Retreat Houses

Spiritual Center Bursfelde Monastery Listening to what resonates in this place” is the guiding motto of the Spiritual Centre Kloster Bursfelde. For 40 years, Kloster Bursfelde has offered space for discovering and practising spiritual life in the Benedictine tradition with a Protestant profile.
Address: Geistliches Zentrum Kloster Bursfelde, Klosterhof 5, 34346 Hann. Münden OT Bursfelde
Phone: 05544 – 1688 / info@kloster-bursfelde.de

Kloster Wennigsen “Silence is the great open space for encountering the source of all being.”
Address: Kloster Wennigsen – Klosteramthof 3 – 30974 Wennigsen
Telephone: 0 51 03 – 4 53 / info@kloster-wennigsen.de

Haus der Stille – Bethel Following the trail of longing – Do you feel a restlessness or yearning within you that you cannot quite describe?
Do you prefer not to be given ready-made answers to the questions of your longing?
Are you someone who seeks on your own journey and wishes to encounter God both in solitude and in community?
Address: Stiftung Sarepta Haus der Stille – Am Zionswald 5 – 33617 Bielefeld
Phone: 0521 1442207 / susanne.lamourexner@bethel.de

Haus der Stille – Rengsdorf: The House of Silence is the retreat and meditation centre of the Protestant Church in the Rhineland.
Address: Haus der Stille – Melsbacher Hohl 5 – 56579 Rengsdorf
Phone: 02634 – 92 05 10 / anmeldung.hds@ekir.de

Kloster Kirchberg For more than 60 years, the Berneuchener House Kloster Kirchberg in Sulz am Neckar has been a place of silence and encounter. Our house sees itself as a place of ecumenism and meeting.
Address: Berneuchener House – Kirchberg Monastery – 72172 Sulz/Neckar
Phone: 07454/883-0 / legung@klosterkirchberg.de

House of Silence at the Protestant Centre Kloster Drübeck “Guard the silence, and the silence will guard you.”
Address: Evangelisches Zentrum Kloster Drübeck Haus der Stille – Klostergarten 6 – 38871 Ilsenburg OT Drübeck
Phone:+49 (39452) 94 329 / hds@kloster-druebeck.de