Rhineland-Palatinate
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Bad Dürkheim

Limburg Abbey

Limburg Abbey is a ruined abbey near , at the edge of the in . In the 9th century, the Salian Dukes from built a fortress on the Linthberg as their family seat.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: monastery in Germany
  • Also known as: “Limburg auf der Haardt”, “Ruine Kloster Limburg”, and “Ruine Limburg”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kaiser-Wilhelm-Höhe and Heidenmauer.

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is situated 740 metres northeast of Limburg Abbey.

Archaeological site
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The near the county town of in the German state of is a or ringwork, two and a half kilometres long, which was built by the Celts around 500 B. is situated 1 km northeast of Limburg Abbey.

Protected area
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The , more rarely Krimhildenstuhl, in the forests around the county town of in the German state of , is an old Roman quarry, which was worked by the 22nd Legion of the Roman Army, who were stationed in Mogontiacum around 200 A. is situated 1¼ km northeast of Limburg Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hardenburg and Wachenheim.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Village
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an der Weinstraße is a small town in the district in , , roughly 1 km south of and 20 km west of . is situated 3 km southeast of Limburg Abbey.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4 km north of Limburg Abbey.

Limburg Abbey

Latitude
49.45695° or 49° 27′ 25″ north
Longitude
8.14549° or 8° 8′ 44″ east
Elevation
251 metres (823 feet)
Open location code
8FXCF44W+Q5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 35379248
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
2877649
Wiki­data ID
Q572384
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In Other Languages

From Danish to Russian—“Limburg Abbey” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “Limburg Kloster”
  • Dutch: “Abdij Limburg”
  • Dutch: “Abdij van Limburg”
  • Dutch: “Klooster Limburg”
  • Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Limburg”
  • French: “Abbaye de Limbourg”
  • French: “abbaye de Limburg”
  • German: “Abtei „Zum heilgen Kreuz“”
  • German: “Kloster Limburg an der Haardt”
  • German: “Kloster Limburg”
  • German: “Klosterruine Limburg”
  • Greek: “Αβαείο του Λίμπουργκ”
  • Japanese: “リンブルク修道院”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Kloschder Limburg”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Kloschder Limburg”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Kloschder Limbursch”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Kloster Limburg”
  • Polish: “Klasztor Limburg”
  • Russian: “Лимбургский монастырь”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Limburg Abbey”. Photo: F. Riedelio, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.