Bottenbroich Abbey

#2037 among destinations in Germany

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Bottenbroich Abbey, later Bottenbroich Priory, was a former Cistercian religious house located in Bottenbroich, now in Frechen, about three kilometres north-east of Kerpen, in the present Rhein-Erft-Kreis of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ()

Local name: Kloster Bottenbroich Coordinates: 50°53'6"N, 6°44'17"E

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North Rhine-WestphaliaGermany

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Bottenbroich Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Abtei Brauweiler, Schloss Nörvenich, Bleibtreusee, Frechen.

5.6 miN
Architecture, Sacred and religious sites, Historical place
Abtei Brauweiler, Pulheim
143 min walk • Brauweiler Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery located at Brauweiler, now in Pulheim near Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
6.6 miSW
Forts and castles
Schloss Nörvenich
169 min walk • Schloss Nörvenich is a schloss in Nörvenich near Cologne, Germany.
6.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Bleibtreusee, Cologne
157 min walk • Bleibtreusee is a lake in Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. At an elevation of its surface area is 37.8 ha. North of Bleibtreusee, there is an electricity pylon, which carried from 1977 to 2010 an observation deck.
3.6 miNE
Town, Area
Frechen, Cologne
91 min walk • Frechen is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Frechen was first mentioned in 877. It is situated at the western Cologne city border. It is the site of the 1257 Battle of Frechen between Conrad von Hochstaden, Archbishop of Cologne and the people of the town.
6.7 miSE
Park
Rhineland Nature Park
172 min walk • Rheinland Nature Park is a nature park in North Rhine-Westphalia, situated between Bergheim, Kerpen, Erftstadt, Euskirchen, Königswinter, Bornheim, Bonn, Brühl, Hürth, Frechen and Pulheim. It covers an area of about 880 km².
1.5 miS
Forts and castles
Schloss Türnich, Kerpen
38 min walk • Schloss Türnich is a schloss located in Türnich, now part of Kerpen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The present main building was built from 1757 to 1766 in Baroque style, with an adjacent English landscape park. It has belonged to the Hoensbroech family since 1850. A richly decorated chapel was added in 1895.
2.1 miS
Amusement, Amusement park
Naturparkzentrum Gymnicher Mühle
54 min walk • The Gymnicher Mühle is a historic watermill on the Kleine Erft northwest of Gymnich, which is now part of Erftstadt.
6.5 miNW
City gate
Aachener Tor, Bergheim
165 min walk • The Aachen Gate is a gate belonging to the medieval fortifications of the city of Bergheim and represents the landmark of the city.
2.3 miSW
Church
Church of St. John, Kerpen
60 min walk • The Protestant St. John's Church of 1854 in Kerpen is one of the oldest diaspora churches in the formerly purely Catholic area around Cologne. It is listed as a historical monument.
6 miSE
Forts and castles
Schloss Gracht
155 min walk • The moated castle Gracht in Erftstadt-Liblar is one of the moated castles of the Cologne area. It is a two-part complex with a three-winged outer castle and a two-winged manor house.
2.9 miS
Forts and castles
Schloss Gymnich
75 min walk • Gymnich Castle is a moated castle of the Erftaue in Gymnich, a district of Erftstadt, in North Rhine-Westphalia. For centuries it was the seat of the Rhenish knightly dynasty of Gymnich.