Lorsch Abbey
Lorsch Abbey, otherwise the Imperial Abbey of Lorsch, is a former Imperial abbey in Lorsch, Germany, about 10 km east of Worms. It was one of the most important monasteries of the Carolingian Empire.Photo: Elswhs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Monastery
- Description: UNESCO World Heritage Abbey of Lorsch in Germany
- Also known as: “Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include King’s Hall Lorsch and Rathaus Lorsch.
Rathaus Lorsch
Town hall
Photo: Kuebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rathaus Lorsch is a town hall, which is situated 120 metres west of Lorsch Abbey.
Protestant church
Church
Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Protestant church is situated 120 metres northeast of Lorsch Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Einhausen and Bensheim.
Einhausen
Village
Photo: Kuebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Einhausen is a municipality in the Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany, some 15 km east of Worms. Einhausen is situated 2½ km northwest of Lorsch Abbey.
Bensheim
Photo: Kesslerbensheim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bensheim is a town in the Bergstraße district in southern Hessen, Germany. Bensheim lies on the Bergstraße and at the edge of the Odenwald mountains while at the same time having an open view over the Rhine plain.
Schwanheim
Village
Photo: Kuebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schwanheim is a village, which is situated 5 km north of Lorsch Abbey.
Lorsch Abbey
- Categories: abbey, museum, and religion
- Location: Lorsch, Bergstraße, South Hesse, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Lorsch Abbey” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Լորշի վանք”
- Basque: “Lorscheko abadia”
- Bavarian: “Abtei und Altenmünster des Klosters Lorsch”
- Belarusian: “Лоршскі кляштар”
- Bulgarian: “Лорш”
- Catalan: “Abadia de Lorsch”
- Chinese: “洛尔施隐修院”
- Chinese: “洛爾施修道院”
- Chinese: “洛爾施隱修院”
- Croatian: “Opatija Lorsch”
- Croatian: “Samostan Lorsch”
- Czech: “Lorschské opatství”
- Czech: “Opatství Lorsch”
- Danish: “Lorsch Kloster”
- Dutch: “Abdij en Altenmunster van Lorsch”
- Dutch: “Abdij en Altenmünster van Lorsch”
- Dutch: “Abdij van Lorsch”
- Esperanto: “Abatejo de Lorsch”
- Esperanto: “Abatejo Lorsch”
- Esperanto: “Monaĥejo de Lorsch”
- Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Lorsch”
- Finnish: “Lorschin luostari”
- French: “abbaye de Lorsch”
- French: “Abbaye de Lorsch”
- French: “abbaye et Altenmünster de Lorsch”
- French: “Abbaye et Altenmünster de Lorsch”
- Georgian: “ლორშის მონასტერი”
- German: “Abt von Lorsch”
- German: “Abtei Lorsch”
- German: “Abtei und Altenmünster des Klosters Lorsch”
- German: “Benediktinerkloster Lorsch”
- German: “Kloster Lorsch (Königshalle & Klosterareal)”
- German: “Kloster Lorsch und Altenmünster”
- German: “Kloster Lorsch”
- German: “Reichsabtei Lorsch”
- Greek: “Αββαείο του Λορς”
- Hebrew: “מנזר לורש”
- Hindi: “लोर्श एबे”
- Hungarian: “Lorschi bencés apátság”
- Indonesian: “Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch”
- Indonesian: “Biara Lorsch”
- Italian: “abbazia di Lorsch”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Lorsch”
- Japanese: “ロルシュの王立修道院とアルテンミュンスター”
- Japanese: “ロルシュ修道院”
- Latin: “Laurisca”
- Latin: “Monasterium Laureshamense”
- Lithuanian: “Loršo abatija”
- Macedonian: “Лоршки манастир”
- Maltese: “Abbazija Imperjali ta‘ Lorsch”
- Maltese: “Abbazija ta‘ Lorsch”
- Maltese: “Abbazija ta’ Lorsch”
- Maltese: “Abbazija u Monasteru ta‘ Lorsch”
- Mingrelian: “ლორშიშ მონასტერი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lorsch kloster”
- Norwegian: “Lorsch kloster”
- Persian: “لرش ابی”
- Polish: “Klasztor Lorsch”
- Polish: “Opactwo i klasztor Altenmünster w Lorsch”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de Lorsch”
- Portuguese: “Abadia e Altenmünster de Lorsch”
- Romanian: “Mănăstirea Lorsch”
- Russian: “Аббатство в Лорше”
- Russian: “Аббатство Лорш”
- Russian: “Лоршский монастырь”
- Russian: “Лоршское аббатство”
- Russian: “Монастырь Лорш”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opatija Lorsch”
- Slovak: “Opátstvo Lorsch”
- Slovenian: “Benediktinski samostan Lorsch”
- Slovenian: “Samostan Lorsch”
- South Azerbaijani: “لرش ابی”
- Spanish: “Abadia de lorsch”
- Spanish: “abadía de Lorsch”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Lorsch”
- Spanish: “Abadia y viejo monasterio de lorsch”
- Spanish: “Abadía y viejo monasterio de Lorsch”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Lorsch”
- Swedish: “Klostret i Lorsch”
- Turkish: “Lorsch Manastırı”
- Ukrainian: “Лоршське абатство”
- Vietnamese: “Tu viện Lorsch”
- Western Frisian: “Abdij fan Lorsch”
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