Franziskanerkloster Gößweinstein

Franziskanerkloster Gößweinstein is a monastery in Gößweinstein, Forchheim, Bavaria which is located on Viktor-von-Scheffel-Straße. Franziskanerkloster Gößweinstein is situated nearby to the church Klosterkirche Sankt Maria, as well as near the wayside shrine Statio I.

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Type: Monastery
Denomination: Catholic
Description: building in Gößweinstein, Upper Franconia, Germany
Address: Viktor-von-Scheffel-Straße 1, Gößweinstein, 91327

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Basilica Gößweinstein and Gößweinstein Castle.

Basilica Gößweinstein

Church

Basilica Gößweinstein

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Basilica Gößweinstein is a church, which is situated 110 metres west of Franziskanerkloster Gößweinstein.

Gößweinstein Castle

Gößweinstein Castle

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Gößweinstein Castle, also called Schloss Gößweinstein, is a mediaeval hilltop castle in Gößweinstein in the county of Forchheim in the German state of Bavaria. Gößweinstein Castle is situated 320 metres west of Franziskanerkloster Gößweinstein.

Statio I

Wayside shrine

Photo: HvW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Statio I is a wayside shrine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Behringersmühle and Bösenbirkig.

Behringersmühle

Village

Behringersmühle

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Behringersmühle is a village.

Bösenbirkig

Village

Photo: Mikmaq, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bösenbirkig is a village.

Etzdorf

Village

Photo: Mikmaq, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Etzdorf is a village.

Franziskanerkloster Gößweinstein

Categories: archaeological site, religious community, and religion
Location: Gößweinstein, Forchheim, Upper Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

49.7699° or 49° 46′ 12″ north

Longitude

11.3387° or 11° 20′ 19″ east

Open location code

8FXHQ89Q+XF

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=monastery

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=catholic

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Franziskanerkloster Gößweinstein” goes by many names.

French: “couvent de Gössweinstein”
French: “Couvent de Gössweinstein”
German: “Kapuzinerkloster Gößweinstein (später Franziskaner)”
Spanish: “Convento de Gössweinstein”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Klosterkirche Sankt Maria and Wohnmobilstellplatz Gößweinstein Friedhof.

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