Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Kamienna Góra County
Kamienna Góra

Krzeszów Abbey

Krzeszów Abbey is a historical Baroque Cistercian monastery in Krzeszów, Lower Silesia, Poland. The Abbey, a 1242 Benedictine foundation, from 1289 to 1810 was run by Cistercians, until it was secularized by the Prussian state.
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  • Type: Religious organization
  • Description: abbey
  • Also known as: “Grüssau Abbey”, “Krzeszow Abbey”, and “Pocysterski zespół klasztorny w Krzeszowie”
Photo: Jacek Halicki, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of the Graceful and Church of St. Joseph in Krzeszów Abbey.

Church
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Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Krzeszów is a Roman Catholic church located within the abbey of the Order of Saint Benedict in , .

Church
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is situated 160 metres north of Krzeszów Abbey.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 1½ km east of Krzeszów Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Krzeszów and Betlejem.

Village
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is a village in south-western Poland. It is part of the administrative district of , . boasts the Abbey, one of the most valuable relics of Baroque architecture in Poland and Europe, designated a Historic Monument of Poland.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Village
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is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kamienna Góra, within , , in south-western Poland.

Krzeszów Abbey

Latitude
50.73232° or 50° 43′ 56″ north
Longitude
16.06875° or 16° 4′ 8″ east
Elevation
472 metres (1,549 feet)
Open location code
9F2RP3J9+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1334344450
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­religious
Geo­Names ID
10630410
Wiki­data ID
Q1457087
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Western Frisian—“Krzeszów Abbey” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “克熱舒夫修道院”
  • Czech: “Klášter Křesobor”
  • Danish: “Krzeszów Kloster”
  • Dutch: “Abdij van Grussau”
  • Dutch: “Abdij van Grüssau”
  • Esperanto: “Abatejo en Krzeszów”
  • French: “abbaye cistercienne de Krzeszów”
  • French: “abbaye de Grüssau”
  • French: “abbaye de Krzeszów”
  • French: “Abbaye de Krzeszów”
  • German: “Abtei Grüssau”
  • German: “Abtei Krzeszów”
  • German: “Kloster Grüssau” (historical)
  • Greek: “Αββαείο του Κσέσουφ”
  • Indonesian: “Biara Krzeszów”
  • Italian: “abbazia di Krzeszów”
  • Italian: “Abbazia di Krzeszów”
  • Japanese: “クレシュフ修道院”
  • Lithuanian: “Kšešuvo cistersų abatija”
  • Polish: “klasztor benedyktynek w Krzeszowie”
  • Polish: “Opactwo Cysterskie w Krzeszowie”
  • Polish: “Opactwo Cystersów w Krzeszowie”
  • Polish: “Pocysterskie opactwo w Krzeszowie”
  • Portuguese: “abadia de Krzeszów”
  • Portuguese: “Abadia de Krzeszów”
  • Russian: “Кшешувское аббатство”
  • Slovenian: “Opatija Krzeszów”
  • Spanish: “abadía de Gruessau”
  • Spanish: “abadía de Grüssau”
  • Spanish: “abadía de Krzeszów”
  • Spanish: “Abadía de Krzeszów”
  • Swedish: “Grüssaus klosterkyrka”
  • Swedish: “Krzeszóws klosterkyrka”
  • Ukrainian: “Кшешувське абатство”
  • Vietnamese: “Tu viện Krzeszów”
  • Western Frisian: “Abdij fan Krzeszów”

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