Marienthal Abbey (Westerwald)

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Marienthal Abbey (German: Kloster Marienthal) was a Franziscan monastery in the Westerwald in the present-day county of Altenkirchen in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Today Marienthal is a village in the municipality of Seelbach bei Hamm (Sieg). On 30 June 2011 it had a population of 55.

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Marienthal Abbey (Westerwald)
Am Kloster, Hamm (Sieg)

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N 50.736352 °	E 7.671301 °

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Am Kloster 13
57577 Hamm (Sieg)
Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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