Wurmsbach Abbey

Wurmsbach Abbey is a monastery of Cistercian nuns located in Bollingen, a locality of Rapperswil-Jona, in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is located on the north shore of upper Lake Zürich.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: church buildings in Bollingen in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Also known as: “Cistercian Convent of Mariazell and Convent Archives”, “Kloster Mariazell Wurmsbach”, and “Kloster Mariazell-Wurmsbach”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Dionys Chapel and Wangen Lachen.

St. Dionys Chapel

Church

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St. Dionys Chapel is a church, which is situated 1 km north of Wurmsbach Abbey.

Wangen Lachen

Aerodrome

Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wangen Lachen is an aerodrome.

Blumenau railway station

Railway stop

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Blumenau railway station is one of four active railway stations in the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. The other three railway stations are Rapperswil, Jona and Kempraten. Blumenau railway station is situated 2 km west of Wurmsbach Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wagen and Bollingen.

Wagen

Village

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Wagen is a village.

Bollingen

Village

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Bollingen is a village within the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen.

Jona

Town

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Jona is a former municipality and since January 2007 part of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Wurmsbach Abbey

Categories: architectural structure, Catholic church building, monastery, religious community, place of worship, and religion
Location: Rapperswil, See-Gaster, Canton of St. Gallen, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.21934° or 47° 13′ 10″ north

Longitude

8.86508° or 8° 51′ 54″ east

Elevation

412 metres (1,352 feet)

Open location code

8FVC6V98+P2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 658999678

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

GeoNames ID

11549158

Wikidata ID

Q1373092

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In Other Languages

From German to Swiss German—“Wurmsbach Abbey” goes by many names.

German: “Kloster Mariazell-Wurmsbach”
German: “Zisterzienserinnenkloster Mariazell und Klosterarchiv”
Italian: “Monastero di Wurmsbach”
Korean: “부름스바흐 수도원”
Swiss German: “Chloschter Mariazäll-Wurmsbach”

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