Murbach Abbey
Murbach Abbey was a famous Benedictine monastery in Murbach, southern Alsace, in a valley at the foot of the Grand Ballon in the Vosges. The monastery was founded in 727 by Eberhard, Count of Alsace, and established as a Benedictine house by Saint Pirmin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Historical site
- Description: abbey located in Haut-Rhin, in France
- Also known as: “Abbaye Saint-Leger de Murbach” and “Abbaye Saint-Léger de Murbach”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Loreto Chapel and Church of St John the Baptist.
Loreto Chapel
Church
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Loreto Chapel is a church, which is situated 100 metres northeast of Murbach Abbey.
Church of St John the Baptist
Church
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Church of St John the Baptist is situated 2 km north of Murbach Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Linthal and Guebwiller.
Linthal
Village
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Linthal is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Linthal is situated 3½ km northwest of Murbach Abbey.
Guebwiller
Town
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Guebwiller is a commune in the Haut-Rhin département in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It was a sub-prefecture of the department until 2015. It is situated 20 km northwest of Mulhouse at the foot of the Vosges mountains. Guebwiller is situated 4½ km east of Murbach Abbey.
Prieuré de Thierenbach
Locality
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Prieuré de Thierenbach is a locality, which is situated 5 km southeast of Murbach Abbey.
Murbach Abbey
- Categories: abbey, collegiate church, religious community, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Murbach, Arrondissement de Thann-Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Tosk Albanian—“Murbach Abbey” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մուրբախի վանք”
- Catalan: “abadia de Murbach”
- Catalan: “Abadia de Murbach”
- Chinese: “米尔巴克修道院”
- Czech: “Klášter Murbach”
- Dutch: “Abdij Murbach”
- French: “abbaye de Murbach”
- French: “Abbaye de Murbach”
- German: “Benediktinerkloster, dann Kollegiatstift St. Leodegar, Murbach, Frankreich”
- German: “Fürstabtei Murbach”
- Greek: “Αββαείο του Μυρμπάχ”
- Hebrew: “מנזר מורבאך”
- Italian: “abbazia di Murbach”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Murbach”
- Latin: “Abbatia Murbacensis”
- Polish: “Opactwo Murbach”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de Murbach”
- Russian: “Монастырь Мурбах”
- Slovak: “Kláštor Murbach”
- Spanish: “abadia de Murbach”
- Spanish: “abadía de Murbach”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Murbach”
- Swedish: “Murbachs kloster”
- Swiss German: “Kloster Murbach”
- Tosk Albanian: “Kloster Murbach”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Murbach Abbey”. Photo: Ctruongngoc, CC BY-SA 4.0.