Abtei und Altenmünster des Klosters Lorsch

Monastery in Lorsch, Germany, dating from 0764

Lorsch Abbey, otherwise the Imperial Abbey of Lorsch (German: Reichsabtei Lorsch; Latin: Laureshamense Monasterium or Laurissa), is a former Imperial abbey in Lorsch, Germany, about 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Worms. It was one of the most important monasteries of the Carolingian Empire. Even in its ruined state, its remains are among the most important pre-Romanesque–Carolingian style buildings in Germany. Its chronicle, entered in the Lorscher Codex compiled in the 1170s (now in the state archive at Würzburg), is a fundamental document for early medieval German history. Another famous document fr

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Type:

Monastery

Period:

0764

Where:

Lorsch, Germany

Coordinates:

49.65°N, 8.57°E

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• St. Crescens (Bensheim) (4.8 km)
• Kapuzinerkloster Bensheim (5.0 km)
• St. Georg (Bensheim) (5.0 km)
• Michaelskirche (Bensheim) (5.2 km)

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