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Nuremberg Charterhouse

1380 establishments in Europe1380s establishments in the Holy Roman EmpireBuildings and structures in NurembergCarthusian monasteries in GermanyChristian monasteries established in the 14th century
Monasteries in Bavaria
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Nuremberg Charterhouse (Kartäuserkloster Nürnberg, also Kartause Marienzell) was a Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse, in Nuremberg in Germany. Its surviving premises are now incorporated into the Germanisches Nationalmuseum.

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Nuremberg Charterhouse
Kartäusergasse, Nuremberg Altstadt, St. Lorenz

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Germanisches Nationalmuseum

Kartäusergasse 1
90402 Nuremberg, Altstadt, St. Lorenz
Bavaria, Germany
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