Knechtsteden Abbey
Knechtsteden Abbey is a former Premonstratensian abbey in Dormagen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, since the 1890s a house of the Spiritans. It was founded in 1130, and in 1138 building began on the church, which was created a basilica minor in 1974.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monastery
- Description: abbey in Knechtsteden, Germany
- Address: Knechtsteden, Dormagen, 41540
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Norbert-Gymnasium Knechtsteden and Wildpark Tannenbusch.
Norbert-Gymnasium Knechtsteden
School
Photo: Zeuschen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Norbert-Gymnasium Knechtsteden is a school, which is situated 140 metres northeast of Knechtsteden Abbey.
Wildpark Tannenbusch
Zoo
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wildpark Tannenbusch is a zoo, which is situated 2½ km east of Knechtsteden Abbey.
Matthäuskirche (Dormagen-Delhoven)
Church
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Matthäuskirche (Dormagen-Delhoven) is a church, which is situated 2 km east of Knechtsteden Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Delhoven and St Martin’s Church.
St Martin’s Church
Village
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Martin’s Church is a village, which is situated 4 km southwest of Knechtsteden Abbey.
Evinghoven
Village
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Evinghoven is a village, which is situated 4 km west of Knechtsteden Abbey.
Knechtsteden Abbey
- Categories: abbey, religious community, and religion
- Location: Dormagen, Rhein-Kreis Neuss, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.07743° or 51° 4′ 39″ northLongitude
6.75177° or 6° 45′ 6″ eastElevation
46 metres (151 feet)Open location code
9F383QG2+XPOpenStreetMap ID
node 10180167804OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monastery
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Knechtsteden Abbey” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “克内希斯泰登修道院”
- Dutch: “Klooster Knechtsteden”
- Dutch: “Klooster van Knechtsteden”
- French: “abbaye de Knechtsteden”
- French: “Abbaye de Knechtsteden”
- German: “Abtei Knechtsteden”
- German: “Kloster Knechtsteden”
- German: “Knechtsteden”
- German: “Prämonstratenserstift Knechtsteden, Dormagen”
- Indonesian: “Biara Knechtsteden”
- Polish: “Klasztor Knechtsteden”
- Russian: “Аббатство Кнехтштеден”
- Spanish: “abadia de Knechtsteden”
- Spanish: “abadía de Knechtsteden”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Knechtsteden”
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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 “Knechtsteden Abbey”. Photo: Senfi, CC BY-SA 2.5.