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It’s on this border that you’ll find the town of Waldsassen. Waldsassen became famous for its Imperial Abbey, and much of the town’s sightseeing revolves around it. It didn’t start out as an Imperial Abbey, just a regular old one built by the Cistercians in 1128.
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 .
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Tourist-Info Waldsassen, Johannisplatz 11, 95652 Waldsassen, tel 09632-88-160. Most Mondays at 10 am and Fridays at 3 pm, visitors are welcomed in the Waldsassen tourist office with a short video and free glass of Sekt (sparkling wine) or a coffee.
The Stiftsbasilika Waldsassen(Abbey Basilica), Basilikaplatz 6, tel 09632-1387, is a Baroque masterpiece worth a detour. The original church and monastery were severely damaged during the 15th and 16th centuries and almost completely destroyed during the Thirty Years’ War. Following the return of the Cistercians to Waldsassen in 1661, the decision ...
In the adjacent Waldsassen monastery, the main sight is the marvelous Bibliotheksaal(Library), Basilikaplatz 2, tel 09632-920-025. It was completed in 1726 and in the transition style from High Baroque to Rococo. The frescoes of the Waldsassen Library are by Karl Hofreiter but the true artistic highlight is the wood-carved atlantes by Karl Stipt. T...
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.
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From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Subcategories. This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total. Districts of Waldsassen (11 C) ! Cultural heritage monuments in Waldsassen (18 C, 43 F) Bayerland Mine (1 F) Buildings in Waldsassen (6 C, 21 F) Cheb - Waldsassen frontier crossing (18 F)
