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- Welcome to Waldsassen, a charming destination in eastern Germany. Situated at the foot of the Fichtelgebirge mountains and surrounded by picturesque forests and hills, this town offers a unique combination of natural and cultural experiences.
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Waldsassen is the northernmost municipality of the Upper Palatinate region. In the northeast, it borders the town of Cheb ( Eger ) in the Czech Republic . The historic tripoint of ducal Altbayern , the Franconian lands of Bayreuth , and the Bohemian Egerland lies near the village of Pechtnersreuth.
You are here: Germany > Bavaria > Tirschenreuth District > Waldsassen. Waldstetten in the Upper Palatinate is famous for its 12th century abbey with a church, library, garden, and Goethe monument. There's also another Baroque church which you'll see on a historical walking tour.
Waldsassen is a town in the district of Tirschenreuth in the Upper Palatinate region of Bavaria. Waldsassen has about 7,510 residents.
Waldsassen Abbey (German: Abtei Waldsassen) is a Cistercian nunnery, formerly a Cistercian monastery, located on the River Wondreb at Waldsassen near Tirschenreuth, Oberpfalz, in Bavaria, Germany, close to the border with the Czech Republic.
Oct 9, 2017 · Waldsassen Abbey (Abtei Waldsassen) is a Cistercian nunnery, formerly a Cistercian monastery, located on the River Wondreb, in the Bavarian region known as the Oberpfalz (Upper Palatinate). In the Holy Roman Empire Waldsassen was an Imperial Abbey.
Waldsassen Abbey was founded by Gerwich of Wolmundstein, a Benedictine monk of Sigeberg Abbey, with the permission of his former abbot Kuno, then Bishop of Regensburg, and built between 1128 and 1132. The original community was sent to Waldsassen from Volkenroda Abbey in Thuringia, of the line of Morimond Abbey.
Coordinates: 50°0′14″N 12°18′34″E. Stiftsbasilika Waldsassen. The Waldsassen Basilica, Mariä Himmelfahrt und St. Johannes Evangelist (Assumption of Mary and St. John the Evangelist) is the parish church in Waldsassen, Bavaria. It was built in its present form from 1685 to 1704 as part of the Waldsassen Abbey.
