Wąchock Abbey
Wąchock Abbey is a Cistercian abbey in Wąchock, Poland. Located near the larger town of Starachowice in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains of south-eastern Poland, Wąchock is best known for the architecture of this Roman Catholic site.Photo: Lezm, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.
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- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: abbey
- Also known as: “Opactwo Cystersów”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kościół pw. Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny i Świętego Floriana and Pałac Schoenberga.
Kościół pw. Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny i Świętego Floriana
Church
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Kościół pw. Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny i Świętego Floriana is a church.
Pałac Schoenberga
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Pałac Schoenberga is situated 380 metres north of Wąchock Abbey.
Wąchock train station
Railway station
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Wąchock train station is a railway station, which is situated 510 metres north of Wąchock Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wąchock and Wielka Wieś.
Wąchock
Town
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Wąchock is a town in Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland, near Starachowice, within the historical region of Lesser Poland. In 2006, it had 2,777 inhabitants.
Wielka Wieś
Village
Wielka Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wąchock, within Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland.
Rataje
Village
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Rataje is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wąchock, within Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 2 km south of Wąchock, 4 km west of Starachowice, and 34 km north-east of the regional capital Kielce.
Wąchock Abbey
Latitude
51.07516° or 51° 4′ 31″ northLongitude
21.0157° or 21° 0′ 57″ eastOpen location code
9G3332G8+37OpenStreetMap ID
way 254666612OpenStreetMap feature
building=monasteryOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q251627
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Wąchock Abbey” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Wachock Abbey”
- Czech: “Klášter Wąchock”
- Dutch: “Cistercienzerabdij van Wachock”
- Dutch: “Cisterciënzerabdij van Wąchock”
- French: “abbaye de Wąchock”
- French: “Abbaye de Wąchock”
- German: “Kloster Wąchock”
- Polish: “Opactwo Cystersów w Wąchocku”
- Polish: “opactwo w Wąchocku”
- Polish: “zespół klasztorny Cystersów, Kościelna 14, Wąchock”
- Romanian: “Abația Wąchock”
- Russian: “Вонхоцкое аббатство”
- Ukrainian: “Вонхоцьке абатство”
- Vietnamese: “Tu viện Wąchock”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Opactwo Cystersów and Zespół klasztorny Cystersów w Wąchocku.
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