Waldsassen Abbey
Waldsassen Abbey is a Cistercian nunnery, formerly a Cistercian monastery, located on the River Wondreb at Waldsassen near Tirschenreuth, Oberpfalz, in Bavaria, Germany, close to the border with the Czech Republic.Photo: Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stiftsbasilika Waldsassen and Stiftlandmuseum.
Stiftsbasilika Waldsassen
Church
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The Waldsassen Basilica, Mariä Himmelfahrt und St. Johannes Evangelist is the parish church in Waldsassen, Bavaria. It was built in its present form from 1685 to 1704 as part of the Waldsassen Abbey.
Stiftlandmuseum
Museum
Photo: W.J.Pilsak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stiftlandmuseum is situated 170 metres southwest of Waldsassen Abbey.
Glashütte Lamberts
Industrial building
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Glashütte Lamberts is an industrial building, which is situated 620 metres northwest of Waldsassen Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Svatý Kříž and Starý Hrozňatov.
Svatý Kříž
Hamlet
Photo: Lubor Ferenc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Svatý Kříž is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km northeast of Waldsassen Abbey.
Starý Hrozňatov
Village
Photo: Ondřej Žváček, CC BY 2.5.
Starý Hrozňatov is a village, which is situated 6 km east of Waldsassen Abbey.
Pelhřimov
Village
Photo: Lubor Ferenc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pelhřimov is a village, which is situated 7 km north of Waldsassen Abbey.
Waldsassen Abbey
- Type: Convent
- Description: monastery
- Categories: Cistercian nunnery, monastery, and religion
- Location: Waldsassen, Tirschenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bashkir to Turkish—“Waldsassen Abbey” goes by many names.
- Bashkir: “Вальдзассен монастыры”
- Czech: “Klášter Valdsasy”
- Czech: “Klášter Waldsassen”
- Dutch: “Abdij van Waldsassen”
- Dutch: “Abdij Waldsassen”
- Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Waldsassen”
- French: “abbaye de Waldsassen”
- French: “Abbaye de Waldsassen”
- German: “Abtei Waldsassen”
- German: “Kloster Waldsassen”
- German: “Stift Waldsassen”
- German: “Zisterzienserkloster Waldsassen”
- Hebrew: “מנזר ולדסאסן”
- Indonesian: “Biara Waldsassen”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Waldsassen”
- Japanese: “ヴァルトザッセン修道院”
- Persian: “صومعه والدزاسن”
- Polish: “Klasztor w Waldsassen”
- Russian: “Монастырь Вальдзассен”
- Thai: “อารามวัลท์ซัสเซิน”
- Turkish: “Waldsassen Manastırı”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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