Krzeszów Abbey

Local nameKlasztor sióstr Benedyktynek
LocationKrzeszów, Polska

Krzeszów Abbey is a historical Baroque Cistercian monastery in Krzeszów, Lower Silesia, Poland.

The name Grüssau Abbey refers to a house of the Benedictine Order founded in 1947 in the town of Bad Wimpfen in Baden-Württemberg, where the German Grüssau community moved, after Krzeszów became again part of Poland following World War II.

The Abbey, a 1242 Benedictine foundation, from 1289 to 1810 was run by Cistercians, until it was secularized by the Prussian state. Since 1919, it was again run by Benedictines, exiles from Prague. The new location in post-war West Germany was referred to as Grüssau Abbey or Grüssau-Wimpfen. The site of the abbey in Krzeszów, Poland, is known as Krzeszów Abbey. The abbey's Basilica of the Assumption contains a mausoleum of dukes of the Świdnica line of the Polish Piast dynasty.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krzeszów_Abbey

Official Website http://www.benedyktyni.pl/benedyktynki/mniszki_benedyktynki/krzeszow.htm

Address Krzeszów 58-405, Poland

Coordinates 50°43'55.735" N 16°4'9.901" E

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