Waldsassen, DE

Waldsassen Abbey

Waldsassen Abbey is a Cistercian abbey founded in 1133 by Margrave Diepold III von Vohburg. It was burnt down during the War of the Landshut Succession (1503-1505) and rebuilt in 1517. When the Reformation led to the conversion of the inhabitants of the region to Protestantism, the abbey was secularised. However, the Cistercian monks of Fürstenfeld Abbey returned to the country in 1661. The abbey and its abbey church were consecrated in 1704 after being rebuilt in the Baroque style from the 1680s onwards. The famous library was completed in 1727. The abbey was abolished in 1803 and now houses a large part of the girls' secondary school (Realschule) run by the Cistercian sisters.

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Spitalkirche

The hospital church (Spitalkirche), probably founded in the 12th century, was first mentioned in the 14th century as a hospital church. The building owes its current appearance to a reconstruction in the 18th century.

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