Maria Laach Abbey
Maria Laach Abbey is a Benedictine abbey situated in Glees, on the southwestern shore of the Laacher See, in the Eifel region of the Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Email: abtei@maria-laach.de
- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: monastery in Germany
- Address: Abtei 1, Glees, 56653
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Laacher See and Laach volcano.
Laacher See
Lake
Photo: Dysmachus, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Laacher See, also known as Lake Laach or Laach Lake, is a volcanic crater lake with a diameter of 2 km in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, about 24 km northwest of Koblenz, 37 km south of Bonn, and 8 km west of Andernach.
Laach Castle
Archaeological site
Laach Castle, also called the Pfalzgrafen Castle, is a levelled Salian spur castle by the Laacher See opposite the Abbey of Maria Laach. The castle site lies on the territory of Kruft in the county of Mayen-Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Laach Castle is situated 2 km east of Maria Laach Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bell and Wehr.
Bell
Village
Photo: Thomas Hummel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bell is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Wehr
Village
Photo: Reinhardhauke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wehr is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Wehr is a small village off Bundesautobahn 61. It lies next to the Laacher See. Wehr is situated 4 km northwest of Maria Laach Abbey.
Mendig
Town
Photo: Wolkenkratzer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mendig is a small town in the district Mayen-Koblenz, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated approximately 6 km north-east of Mayen, and 25 km west of Koblenz. Mendig is situated 4 km southeast of Maria Laach Abbey.
Maria Laach Abbey
- Categories: religious community, tourism, tourist attraction, and religion
- Location: Glees, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.40176° or 50° 24′ 6″ northLongitude
7.25302° or 7° 15′ 11″ eastOperator
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Maria Laach Abbey” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير ماريا لاش”
- Catalan: “abadia de Maria Laach”
- Chinese: “瑪利亞拉赫修道院”
- Chinese: “瑪麗亞拉赫修道院”
- Czech: “Klášter Maria Laach”
- Czech: “Maria Laach”
- Dutch: “Abdij Maria Laach”
- Dutch: “Abdij van Maria Laach”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير ماريا لاش”
- Esperanto: “Abatejo Maria Laach”
- French: “abbaye de Maria Laach”
- French: “Abbaye de maria laach”
- French: “Abbaye de Maria Laach”
- French: “Abbaye De Maria Laach”
- French: “Maria Laach”
- French: “Maria-Laach”
- German: “Abtei Laach”
- German: “Abtei Maria Laach”
- German: “Benediktinerabtei Laach”
- German: “Kloster Laach”
- German: “Kloster Maria Laach”
- Indonesian: “Keabasan Maria Laach”
- Indonesian: “Pertapaan Maria Laach”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Maria Laach”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Santa Maria Laach”
- Italian: “chiesa abbaziale di Santa Maria Laach”
- Italian: “Chiesa abbaziale di Santa Maria Laach”
- Japanese: “マリア・ラーハのベネディクト会修道院”
- Japanese: “マリア・ラーハ修道院”
- Latin: “Abbatia Mariae ad Lacum”
- Latin: “Maria Laach”
- Luxembourgish: “Benediktinerabtei Maria Laach”
- Macedonian: “Лашки манастир”
- Macedonian: “Марија Лаах”
- Macedonian: “Марија Лах”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Abbediet Maria Laach”
- Norwegian: “Abbediet Maria Laach”
- Persian: “صومعه ماریا لاخ”
- Picard: “Abaïe d‘ Maria Laach”
- Picard: “Abaïe d’ Maria Laach”
- Polish: “Opactwo Maria Laach”
- Russian: “Аббатство Мария Лаах”
- Russian: “Лаахский собор”
- Russian: “Лаахское аббатство”
- Slovenian: “Opatija Maria Laach”
- Spanish: “Abadia de maria laach”
- Spanish: “Abadia de Maria Laach”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Maria Laach”
- Spanish: “Abadia de santa maria laach”
- Spanish: “Abadia de Santa Maria Laach”
- Spanish: “abadía de Santa Maria Laach”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Santa Maria Laach”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de la abadia de Santa Maria Laach”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de la abadía de Santa Maria Laach”
- Swedish: “Maria Laach”
- Turkish: “Maria Laach”
- Ukrainian: “Абатство Марії Лаах”
- Western Frisian: “Abdij Maria Laach”
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