Rheinau Abbey

Rheinau Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in in the , Switzerland, founded in about 778 and suppressed in 1862. It is located on an island in the Rhine.
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  • Catholic church
  • …lies at an elevation of 360 metres (1,181 feet)
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • …stands 28 metres (92 feet) tall
  • Description: former Benedictine abbey
  • Address: Klosterinsel 26
  • Also known as
    “ehemaliges Kloster Rheinau”
    “Klosterkirche Rheinau”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Spitzkirche Magdalena and St. Nicholas shared church, so-called mountain church.
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is a church, which is situated 260 metres east of Rheinau Abbey.
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is situated 390 metres northwest of Rheinau Abbey.
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is situated 620 metres southwest of Rheinau Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rheinau and Dachsen.
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is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the in .
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is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in . is situated 2½ km north of Rheinau Abbey.
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is a municipality in the district of in in . is situated 3 km southwest of Rheinau Abbey.

Rheinau Abbey

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Latitude
47.64241° or 47° 38′ 33″ north
Longitude
8.60814° or 8° 36′ 29″ east
Open location code
8FVCJJR5+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 276362247
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Geo­Names ID
11776365
Wiki­data ID
Q670448

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swiss German—“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”
  • Swiss German: “Kloster Rheinau”

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