Scheyern Abbey

Scheyern Abbey, formerly also Scheyern Priory, is a house of the Benedictine Order in Scheyern in Bavaria.

Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Religious organization
Denomination: Catholic
Description: abbey

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Basilika Scheyern and Blaumosen Kapelle.

Basilika Scheyern

Church

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Basilika Scheyern is a church, which is situated 120 metres north of Scheyern Abbey.

Blaumosen Kapelle

Church

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Blaumosen Kapelle is a church, which is situated 1½ km east of Scheyern Abbey.

Türkenkapelle

Place of worship

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Türkenkapelle is a place of worship, which is situated 3 km east of Scheyern Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fernhag and Ilmried.

Scheyern is a municipality in the district of Pfaffenhofen in Bavaria in Germany. The Scheyern Abbey is located in Scheyern. The title the counts of Scheyern originated here. The village of Fernhag lies just outside the town.

Ilmried

Village

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Ilmried is a village, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Scheyern Abbey.

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Town

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Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm is a municipality in Bavaria, Germany, capital of the district Pfaffenhofen. It is located on the river Ilm, and had a population of 23,282 in 2004. Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm is situated 5 km northeast of Scheyern Abbey.

Scheyern Abbey

Categories: abbey, brewery, monastery, religious community, and religion
Location: Scheyern, Pfaffenhofen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

48.50125° or 48° 30′ 5″ north

Longitude

11.45291° or 11° 27′ 11″ east

Elevation

484 metres (1,588 feet)

Open location code

8FWHGF23+F5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1207712344

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=religious

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=catholic

GeoNames ID

11838561

Wikidata ID

Q881489

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Scheyern Abbey” goes by many names.

Chinese: “席恩修道院”
Chinese: “沙伊埃尔恩修道院”
Chinese: “沙伊埃爾恩修道院”
Chinese: “沙伊恩修道院”
Danish: “Kloster Scheyern”
Dutch: “Abdij van Scheyern”
French: “abbaye de Scheyern”
French: “Abbaye de Scheyern”
German: “Basilika Scheyern”
German: “Benediktinerkloster Scheyern”
German: “Burg Scheyern”
German: “Kloster Scheyern”
Indonesian: “Biara Scheyern”
Italian: “Abbazia di Scheyern”
Persian: “کلیسای صومعه شایرن”
Polish: “Klasztor Scheyern”
Portuguese: “abadia de Scheyern”
Spanish: “abadia de Scheyern”
Spanish: “abadía de Scheyern”
Spanish: “Abadía de Scheyern”
Turkish: “Scheyern Manastırı”

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