Engelberg Abbey

Engelberg Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Engelberg, Canton of Obwalden, Switzerland. It was formerly in the Diocese of Constance, but is now in the Diocese of Chur.

Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Engelberg railway station and Maria im Holz Chapel, Schweizerhaus Chapel.

Engelberg railway station

Railway station

Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Engelberg railway station is a Swiss railway station in the municipality of Engelberg in the canton of Obwalden. It is the terminus of the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line, which is owned by the Zentralbahn railway company. Engelberg railway station is situated 590 metres west of Engelberg Abbey.

Maria im Holz Chapel, Schweizerhaus Chapel

Church

Photo: Badener, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Maria im Holz Chapel, Schweizerhaus Chapel is a church, which is situated 1¼ km east of Engelberg Abbey.

St. Jacob Chapel in Espen

Church

Photo: Badener, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St. Jacob Chapel in Espen is a church, which is situated 1¼ km west of Engelberg Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wolfenschiessen.

Wolfenschiessen

Village

Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.

Wolfenschiessen is a village and municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland. Besides the village of Wolfenschiessen itself, the municipality includes the settlements of Altzellen, Büren ob dem Bach, Dörfli, and Oberrickenbach, together with a large area of high alpine land, mountains, lakes, and glaciers. Wolfenschiessen is situated 10 km north of Engelberg Abbey.

Engelberg Abbey

Type: Monastery
Description: Benedictine Abbey in Engelberg in the Canton of Obwalden, Switzerland
Categories: abbey, tourism, tourist attraction, and religion
Location: Engelberg, Obwalden, Canton of Obwalden, Central Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.81997° or 46° 49′ 12″ north

Longitude

8.41031° or 8° 24′ 37″ east

Elevation

1,024 metres (3,360 feet)

Wheelchair access

limited

Open location code

8FRCRC96+X4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 289885554

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=monastery

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

GeoNames ID

11608485

Wikidata ID

Q667880

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Engelberg Abbey” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Abdij Engelberg”
Esperanto: “Abatejo Engelberg”
Esperanto: “Benediktana Abatejo Engelberg”
Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Engelberg”
Esperanto: “Princabatejo Engelberg”
Finnish: “Engelbergin benediktiiniläisluostari”
Finnish: “Engelbergin benediktiiniluostari”
Finnish: “Engelbergin luostari”
French: “abbaye d’Engelberg”
French: “Abbaye d’Engelberg”
German: “Abtei zur seligen Jungfrau Maria und zum heiligen Nikolaus”
German: “Benediktinerkloster mit Klosterkirche und Konventsbauten”
German: “Kloster Engelberg (zeitweilig Doppelkloster)”
German: “Kloster Engelberg”
Italian: “abbazia di Engelberg”
Italian: “Abbazia di Engelberg”
Swiss German: “Kloster Engelberg”
Tosk Albanian: “Kloster Engelberg”
Ukrainian: “Енгельберзьке абатство”

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