Haus Sabelsberg, heritage-listed villa in Boppard, Germany

Haus Sabelsberg is a villa built around 1910 in Boppard with timber-framed sections and a distinctive three-story gatehouse at its entrance. The building stands within extensive grounds and combines original architecture with later additions, including a chapel with an organ installed in the 1960s.

The villa was built in 1910 for Baroness von Böskeneck as a private residence on substantial grounds. After its sale in the 1920s, the building passed through several roles: a wellness retreat for an insurance company, a British-American rest center after 1945, and from 1957 onwards a professional school run by the Borromean Sisters with religious additions.

The villa is also called St. Carolus, after the Borromean Sisters' school of home economics and social work that moved here in 1957. In 2013 Bishop Stephan Ackermann of Trier opened the 91st Fazenda da Esperança worldwide in the building; its members restored the gatehouse and moved out in January 2025.

Access to the villa is through a gatehouse at the junction of Buchholzer Straße and Sabelstraße 27; a driveway runs from there through the park up to the rear entrance of the house. The villa stands on a slope above the Sabelstraße, below the Mittelterrasse Sabel.

The gatehouse has been carefully restored in recent years and stands out with its three stories and role as the villa's grand entrance. It reveals how early 20th-century owners prioritized making a strong first impression through impressive architecture.