Abtei Waldsassen | |
Monastery information | |
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Order | Cistercian |
Established | 12th century 1863 |
Disestablished | 1803 |
Site | |
Location | Waldsassen, Germany |
Coordinates | 50°0′14″N 12°18′34″E / 50.00389°N 12.30944°E |
Public access | partial |
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. In the Holy Roman Empire it was an Imperial Abbey.