Waldsassen Abbey

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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.

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Waldsassen Abbey
Kuttelgäßchen, Straßburg Krutenau

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Kuttelgäßchen
67065 Straßburg, Krutenau
Großer Osten, Frankreich
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