Mariastein Abbey
Mariastein Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Metzerlen-Mariastein in the Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. Mariastein, after Einsiedeln, is the second most important place of pilgrimage in Switzerland.
- Email: info@kloster-mariastein.ch
- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: abbey building in Metzerlen-Mariastein in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Benedictine abbey of Mariastein” and “Benediktinerkloster Mariastein”
- Address: Metzerlen-Mariastein, 4116
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sternenberg castle ruin and Heiliggeistkirche.
Sternenberg castle ruin
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Heiliggeistkirche
Church
Rotberg castle youth hostel
Castle
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hofstetten-Flüh and Bättwil.
Hofstetten-Flüh
Village
Bättwil
Village
Leymen
Village
Leymen is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. The commune is served by Leymen station, on line 10 of the Basel tramway between Rodersdorf and Flüh, and until December 2017 was the only such station to be located on French soil.
Mariastein Abbey
- Categories: abbey, minor basilica, religious community, tourism, tourist attraction, and religion
- Location: Metzerlen-Mariastein, Dorneck District, Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.47608° or 47° 28′ 34″ north
Longitude
7.49227° or 7° 29′ 32″ east
Open location code
8FV9FFGR+CW
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OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholic
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Italian—“Mariastein Abbey” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “瑪麗亞施泰因修道院”
- Chinese: “马里亚斯泰因修道院”
- Dutch: “Mariastein Abbey”
- French: “abbaye bénédictine de Mariastein”
- French: “abbaye de Notre-Dame-de-la-Pierre”
- French: “Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-la-Pierre”
- French: “Monastère Notre-Dame de la Pierre”
- German: “Benediktinerkloster Mariastein”
- German: “Kloster Maria im Stein”
- German: “Kloster Mariastein”
- German: “Mariastein SO”
- German: “Notre Dame de la Pierre”
- Indonesian: “Biara Mariastein”
- Italian: “abbazia di Mariastein”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Mariastein”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gnadenkapelle and Polizei Kanton Solothurn.
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