Bürgel Abbey

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Bürgel Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in the village of Thalbürgel of the town of Bürgel in Saale-Holzland-Kreis district in Thuringia in Germany. ()

Local name: Kloster Bürgel Coordinates: 50°56'6"N, 11°45'0"E

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

Nearby attractions include: Jenzig, Karl Schwarzschild Observatory, Wöllmisse, Renaissance-Schloss.

5.4 miW
Mountain
Jenzig, Jena
137 min walk • The Jenzig is a distinctive Muschelkalk mountain in Jena, Germany. At 385.3 m above sea level, the Jenzig is one of the highest mountains in the Saale Valley area and is located northeast of the city center.
3.5 miNW
Observatories and planetariums
Karl Schwarzschild Observatory
91 min walk • The Karl Schwarzschild Observatory is a German astronomical observatory in Tautenburg near Jena, Thuringia. It was founded in 1960 as an affiliated institute of the former German Academy of Sciences at Berlin and named in honour of the astronomer and physicist Karl Schwarzschild.
3.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Wöllmisse
98 min walk • The Wöllmisse is a high plateau which rises east of the Saale Valley in the State of Thuringia, Germany. The densely wooded Wöllmisse borders the Roda Valley in the South, the Saale Valley to the West, the Gembdenbachtal in the North, and the town of Bürgel and the Gleistal Valley in the East.
6 miNW
Forts and castles
Renaissance-Schloss
154 min walk • The ensemble of three Dornburg castles is located on the edge of a shell limestone rock plateau above the Saale River in Dornburg-Camburg, north of Jena in the German state of Thuringia.
5.4 miE
Church
Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche, Bad Klosterlausnitz
138 min walk • Lausnitz Monastery is a former Augustinian monastery in the eastern Thuringian municipality of Bad Klosterlausnitz in Thuringia.
6.1 miNW
Forts and castles, Park, Palace
Dornburger Schlösser
155 min walk • The ensemble of the three Dornburg castles is located on the edge of a shell limestone rock plateau above the Saale River in Dornburg-Camburg, north of Jena in the German state of Thuringia.
5.2 miW
Church
Sankt Martin, Jena
132 min walk • The Protestant village church of St. Martin stands in the northeastern district of Kunitz in the city of Jena in Thuringia. The church belongs to the church district of Jena.
5.6 miW
View point
Fuchsturm, Jena
144 min walk • The Fuchsturm belongs to the Seven Wonders of Jena and is a 30 m high old keep located on the local mountain, which belonged to Kirchberg Castle. It can be climbed as a lookout tower.
5.8 miNW
Church
St.-Peterskirche an der Brücke
150 min walk • St. Peter's Church at the Bridge is a Baroque church building in the district of Dorndorf in the municipality of Dornburg-Camburg in the Saale-Holzland district in Thuringia. It belongs to the parish of Dorndorf-Steudnitz in the Eisenberg church...