Grünhain Abbey

Grünhain Abbey in Grünhain in the Saxon Ore Mountains, which was built and run by Cistercians, existed from 1230 to 1536. Today only its ruins remain.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Polish-Saxon Post Milestone Grünhain and Saint Nicholas Church (Grünhain).

Polish-Saxon Post Milestone Grünhain

Historic site

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Polish-Saxon Post Milestone Grünhain is a historic site, which is situated 170 metres west of Grünhain Abbey.

Saint Nicholas Church (Grünhain)

Church

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Saint Nicholas Church (Grünhain) is situated 330 metres west of Grünhain Abbey.

Spiegelwald

Peak

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Spiegelwald is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bernsbach and Schwarzbach.

Bernsbach is a village and a former municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony in Germany that together with its constituent community of Oberpfannenstiel has roughly 4,700 inhabitants. Bernsbach is situated 3½ km west of Grünhain Abbey.

Schwarzbach

Suburb

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Schwarzbach is a village and a former municipality in the Ore Mountains in Saxony, Germany. Since 1996 it is part of the town Elterlein. Schwarzbach is situated 4½ km southeast of Grünhain Abbey.

Schwarzenberg

Town

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Schwarzenberg is a town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony’s Ore Mountains, near the German–Czech border. The town lies roughly 15 km southeast of Aue, and 35 km southwest of Chemnitz. Schwarzenberg is situated 5 km southwest of Grünhain Abbey.

Grünhain Abbey

Type: Monastery
Description: Cistercian monastery
Categories: monastery ruins, religious community, historic site, and religion
Location: Grünhain-Beierfeld, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

50.57914° or 50° 34′ 45″ north

Longitude

12.81205° or 12° 48′ 43″ east

Inception

1226

Open location code

9F2JHRH6+MR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6897824704

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monastery

Wikidata ID

Q876202

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In Other Languages

From Czech to Turkish—“Grünhain Abbey” goes by many names.

Czech: “Klášter Grünhain”
German: “Kloster Grünhain”
German: “Zisterzienserkloster Grünhain”
Turkish: “Grünhain Manastırı”

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