Rheinau Abbey
Rheinau Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Rheinau in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, founded in about 778 and suppressed in 1862. It is located on an island in the Rhine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: former Benedictine abbey
- Also known as: “ehemaliges Kloster Rheinau” and “Klosterkirche Rheinau”
- Address: Klosterinsel 26
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Spitzkirche Magdalena and St. Nicholas shared church, so-called mountain church.
Spitzkirche Magdalena
Church
Photo: Charly Bernasconi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Spitzkirche Magdalena is a church, which is situated 260 metres east of Rheinau Abbey.
St. Nicholas shared church, so-called mountain church
Church
Photo: Charly Bernasconi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Nicholas shared church, so-called mountain church is situated 390 metres northwest of Rheinau Abbey.
Rheinau power station
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rheinau power station is situated 620 metres southwest of Rheinau Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rheinau and Dachsen.
Rheinau
Village
Photo: Rolf.eigenheer, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Rheinau is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It is located at a bend of the High Rhine, which forms the Swiss-German border in this area, and includes an island with an abbey.
Dachsen
Village
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dachsen is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Dachsen is situated 2½ km north of Rheinau Abbey.
Lottstetten
Village
Photo: Rauenstein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lottstetten is a municipality in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Lottstetten is situated 3 km southwest of Rheinau Abbey.
Rheinau Abbey
- Categories: monastery, religious community, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Rheinau, Andelfingen District, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.64241° or 47° 38′ 33″ northLongitude
8.60814° or 8° 36′ 29″ eastElevation
360 metres (1,181 feet)Height
28 metres (92 feet)Open location code
8FVCJJR5+X7OpenStreetMap ID
way 276362247OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tosk Albanian—“Rheinau Abbey” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “萊瑙修道院”
- Dutch: “Rheinau Abbey”
- Esperanto: “Kloster Rheinau”
- Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Rejnaŭo”
- French: “abbaye de Rheinau”
- French: “Abbaye de Rheinau”
- German: “Benediktinerkloster Rheinau, Schweiz”
- German: “Kloster Rheinau”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Rheinau”
- Latin: “Monasterium Rinauva”
- Macedonian: “Опатија Рајнау”
- Polish: “Klasztor Rheinau”
- Romansh: “Claustra da Rheinau”
- Russian: “Аббатство Райнау”
- Slovenian: “Opatija Rheinau”
- Swiss German: “Chloster Rhiinau”
- Tosk Albanian: “Kloster Rheinau”
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