St. Georgenberg-Fiecht Abbey, Stans

Name: St. Georgenberg-Fiecht Abbey
Address: Burg 181, Stans, Austria

#1 among attractions in Stans

Top attraction, Church, Monastery

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St. Georgenberg Abbey is a Benedictine monastery, the oldest extant monastery in the Tyrol, founded in 1138 but from 1708 to 2019 removed to the nearby city of Fiecht in the community of Vomp in Tyrol, Austria. In 2019 the monks returned to a restored abbey at St. Georgenberg, which had remained a place of pilgrimage and spiritual retreat. ()

Local name: Abtei St. Georgenberg-Fiecht Coordinates: 47°22'35"N, 11°41'33"E

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Burg 181Stans Austria

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St. Georgenberg-Fiecht Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Schloss Tratzberg, Museum der Völker, Burg Freundsberg, Sonnjoch.

2.4 miE
16th-century furnished castle with tours
Schloss Tratzberg, Jenbach
62 min walk • Tratzberg Castle is a castle in Jenbach, Tyrol, Austria. Tratzberg Castle is located on a steep ridge above Jenbach in the Austrian part of Tyrol.
2.1 miSE
Museum, Art museum, Archaeological museum
Museum der Völker, Schwaz
55 min walk • The Museum der Völker in the Austrian Schwaz in the county of Tyrol was founded in 1995 as a cultural association Haus der Völker by Gert Chesi and belongs to the well known Ethnology museums in Europe. After a new construction and remodeling the exhibition operation opened on the 12th of April 2013 as Museum der Völker.
2.6 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum
Burg Freundsberg, Schwaz
66 min walk • Burg Freundsberg is a castle in Tyrol, Austria, that was constructed in the year of 1150 by the lords of Freundsberg. Burg Freundsberg is 675 metres above sea level. Originally the castle consisted out of a single keep, which is still intact up to this date. The chapel next to it was built afterwards in the year 1177.
4.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sonnjoch
122 min walk • Sonnjoch is a mountain of the Karwendel range in the Northern Limestone Alps in Tyrol, Austria. It lies between the Falzthurntal valley, near the village of Pertisau, in the east and the Eng Valley to the west.
4.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lamsenspitze
122 min walk • Lamsenspitze is a summit of the Karwendel range in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
5.4 miSE
2344m-high mountain with skiing
Kellerjoch
138 min walk • The Kellerjoch is a 2,344 m-high mountain above the Inn valley near Schwaz in Tyrol, Austria.
4.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Achen Lake
105 min walk • Lake Achen is a lake north of Jenbach in Tyrol, Austria. It is the largest lake within the federal state, and has a maximal depth of 133 metres.
4 miSW
Watersports, Lake, Swimming pool
Weißlahnsee, Terfens
103 min walk • Weißlahnsee or Badesee Weißlahn is a lake of Terfens, Tyrol, Austria.
3.9 miE
47°23'22"N • 11°46'24"E
Jenbacher Museum, Jenbach
100 min walk • Natural history museum, Museum, History museum
5.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Schaufelspitze
130 min walk • The Schaufelspitze is a mountain, 2,306 m in the Sonnjoch Group in the eastern Karwendel between Sonnjoch and the Bettlerkarspitze.
2.2 miSE
47°20'48"N • 11°42'43"E
Museum Rabalderhaus Galerie, Schwaz
58 min walk • Museum