Frienisberg Abbey

Buildings and structures in the canton of BernCistercian monasteries in SwitzerlandMonasteries dissolved under the Swiss Reformation

Frienisberg Abbey is a former Cistercian religious house in the Swiss municipality of Seedorf in the Canton of Bern.

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Frienisberg Abbey
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Wohn- und Pflegeheim Frienisberg

Schüpfenstrasse
3267
Bern, Switzerland
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