Wessobrunn
Wessobrunn Abbey was a Benedictine monastery near Weilheim in Bavaria, Germany. It is celebrated as the home of the famous Wessobrunn Prayer and also of a Baroque school of stucco workers and plasterers in the 18th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 2,050 residents
- Description: building in Wessobrunn, Upper Bavaria, Germany
- Also known as: “Wessobrunn Abbey”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gasthof zum Löwen and Rathaus Wessobrunn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Guggenberg and Aich.
Aich
Hamlet
Photo: Flodur63, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aich is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km west of Wessobrunn.
Oberapfeldorf
Village
Photo: Flodur63, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oberapfeldorf is a village, which is situated 7 km west of Wessobrunn.
Wessobrunn
- Categories: monastery and locality
- Location: Wessobrunn, Weilheim-Schongau, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.87422° or 47° 52′ 27″ northLongitude
11.02388° or 11° 1′ 26″ eastPopulation
2,050Elevation
698 metres (2,290 feet)United Nations Location Code
DE ZJJOpen location code
8FVHV2FF+MHOpenStreetMap ID
node 2329625879OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Wessobrunn” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “韦索布伦”
- Dutch: “Wessobrunn Abbey”
- German: “Benediktinerabtei Wessobrunn”
- German: “Kloster Wessobrunn”
- Latin: “Wessofontanum coenobium”
- Russian: “Вессобрунн”
- Russian: “Вессобрунский монастырь”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kloster Wessobrunn and Grauer Herzog (Wessobrunn).
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