Saint Urban’s Abbey
St. Urban's Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in the municipality of Pfaffnau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of around 460 metres (1,490 feet)
- Description: former Cistercian monastery in St. Urban in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
- Address: Schafmattstrasse 1, St. Urban, 4915
- Also known as“Ehemaliges Kloster St.Urban”“Former St. Urban’s Abbey”“St. Urban’s Abbey”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Urban station and St. Urban Ziegelei station.
St. Urban station
Railway stop
St. Urban station is a railway stop, which is situated 290 metres west of Saint Urban’s Abbey.
St. Urban Ziegelei station
Railway stop
St. Urban Ziegelei station is a railway stop, which is situated 640 metres southwest of Saint Urban’s Abbey.
Roggwil Dorf railway station
Railway station
Roggwil Dorf railway station is situated 1½ km northwest of Saint Urban’s Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roggwil and Untersteckholz.
Untersteckholz
Village
Untersteckholz was a municipality in the district of Aarwangen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Untersteckholz is situated 3 km south of Saint Urban’s Abbey.
Saint Urban’s Abbey
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Latitude
47.23233° or 47° 13′ 56″ north
Longitude
7.83977° or 7° 50′ 23″ east
Open location code
8FV96RJQ+WW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monastery
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swiss German—“Saint Urban’s Abbey” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “St. Urban’s Abbey”
- Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Sankt-Urbano”
- French: “Abbaye Saint-Urbain”
- German: “Ehemaliges Kloster St. Urban”
- German: “Kloster St. Urban”
- German: “Monasterium Beatae Mariae de Sancto Urbano”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Sant’Urbano”
- Swiss German: “Kloster St. Urban”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as St. Urban and Sagiacher.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Bourbaki-Denkmal Sankt-Urban and Konvent West KW.
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