St. Georgenberg Abbey
St. Georgenberg Abbey is a Benedictine monastery, the oldest extant monastery in the Tyrol, founded in 1138 but from 1708 to 2019 relocated to the nearby city of Fiecht in the community of Vomp in Tyrol, Austria.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: abbey
- Also known as: “St. Georgenberg” and “St. Georgenberg-Fiecht Abbey”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hohe Brücke in Georgenberg and Lindenkirche.
Hohe Brücke in Georgenberg
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Haneburger, Public domain.
Hohe Brücke in Georgenberg is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 130 metres northeast of St. Georgenberg Abbey.
Lindenkirche
Church
Photo: Thomas P. Meiningen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lindenkirche is a church, which is situated 100 metres northwest of St. Georgenberg Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Schwaz and Pill.
Schwaz
Photo: Haneburger, Public domain.
Schwaz is a city in Northeast Tyrol, in Austria. It is the main town of the Schwaz district. The city borders the Karwendel Mountains to the north and the Tux Alps to the south.
Pill
Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pill is a municipality in the Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The 2024 Tour of the Alps passed through Pill on the 16th of April. Pill is situated 6 km south of St. Georgenberg Abbey.
Maurach am Achensee
Village
St. Georgenberg Abbey
- Categories: abbey, religious community, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Stans, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.37656° or 47° 22′ 36″ northLongitude
11.6921° or 11° 41′ 32″ eastInception
1000Open location code
8FVH9MGR+JROpenStreetMap ID
way 119177228OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q334292
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“St. Georgenberg Abbey” goes by many names.
- French: “abbaye de Fiecht”
- French: “Abbaye de Fiecht”
- German: “Abtei Fiecht”
- German: “Abtei St. Georgenberg Fiecht”
- German: “Abtei St. Georgenberg-Fiecht”
- German: “Abtei St. Georgenberg”
- German: “Georgenberg-Fiecht”
- German: “Kloster Fiecht”
- German: “Stift Fiecht”
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Highlights include Freialtar and Ratholdshöhle.
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