Steingaden Abbey

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Steingaden Abbey (German: Kloster Steingaden) was a Premonstratensian monastery in Steingaden in Bavaria, Germany.

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Steingaden Abbey
Prämonstratenserstraße, Steingaden (VGem)

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N 47.7013 °	E 10.8625 °

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Prämonstratenserstraße 3
86989 Steingaden (VGem)
Bavaria, Germany
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