Waldsassen Abbey

Waldsassen Abbey
Abtei Waldsassen
The basilica of Waldsassen
Waldsassen Abbey is located in Germany
Waldsassen Abbey
Location within Germany
Monastery information
OrderCistercian
Established12th century
1863
Disestablished1803
Site
LocationWaldsassen, Germany
Coordinates50°0′14″N 12°18′34″E / 50.00389°N 12.30944°E / 50.00389; 12.30944
Public accesspartial

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.