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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: former Cistercian monastery in St. Urban in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Ehemaliges Kloster St.Urban”, “Former St. Urban’s Abbey”, and “St. Urban’s Abbey”
- Address: Schafmattstrasse 1, St. Urban, 4915
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Urban station and St. Urban Ziegelei station.
St. Urban station
Railway stop
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Urban station is a railway stop, which is situated 290 metres west of Saint Urban’s Abbey.
St. Urban Ziegelei station
Railway stop
Photo: Zwantzig, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Rucci, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Roggwil Dorf railway station is situated 1½ km northwest of Saint Urban’s Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roggwil and Untersteckholz.
Roggwil
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Roggwil is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Untersteckholz
Village
Untersteckholz was a municipality in the district of Aarwangen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010, Untersteckholz merged into Langenthal. Untersteckholz is situated 3 km south of Saint Urban’s Abbey.
Murgenthal
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Murgenthal is a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Murgenthal is situated 3½ km north of Saint Urban’s Abbey.
Saint Urban’s Abbey
- Categories: monastery, hospital building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Pfaffnau, Willisau District, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.23233° or 47° 13′ 56″ northLongitude
7.83977° or 7° 50′ 23″ eastElevation
455 metres (1,493 feet)Open location code
8FV96RJQ+WWOpenStreetMap ID
node 496255966OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
11548392Wikidata ID
Q1157569
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Tosk Albanian—“Saint Urban’s Abbey” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “St. Urban’s Abbey”
- Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Sankt-Urbano”
- French: “abbaye Saint-Urbain”
- 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”
- Tosk Albanian: “Kloster St. Urban”
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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 “Saint Urban’s Abbey”. Photo: Schoeband, CC BY-SA 4.0.