Hachenburg Abbey
The Church of the Assumption of Mary (Maria Himmelfahrt), the former Franciscan church on the Alten Markt in Hachenburg
Hachenburg, Maria Himmelfahrt, 2016 aerial photograph
The Franciscan Abbey of Hachenburg (German: Franziskanerkloster Hachenburg) was a monastery of the Franciscan order in Hachenburg in the county of Westerwaldkreis in Germany. The abbey of fratrum minorum observantiae strictioris St. Francisci Seraphici ("Friars Minor of Saint Franciscus Seraphicus of the Stricter Observance") belonged to the of Saint Elisabeth.
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- E. Heyn: Der Westerwald. 1893. Niederwalluf, Martin Sändig, Reprint 1970
- Hermann Josef Roth: Der Westerwald. Cologne, DuMont, 1981.
- Daniel Schneider: Die Entwicklung der Konfessionen in der Grafschaft Sayn im Grundriss, in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreises Altenkirchen 58 (2015), pp. 74–80.
- Bruno M. Struif: Vom Franziskanerkloster Sancta Maria Regina Angelorum zur katholischen Kirche Maria Himmelfahrt in Hachenburg, GeschichtsWerkstatt Hachenburg e.V., 2010, 102 pp.
Coordinates: 50°39′40.14″N 7°49′26.67″E / 50.6611500°N 7.8240750°E
Categories:
- Franciscan monasteries in Germany
- 17th-century establishments in Germany
- History of the Westerwald
- Baroque church buildings in Germany
- Baroque architecture in Rhineland-Palatinate
- Heritage sites in Rhineland-Palatinate
- Buildings and structures in Westerwaldkreis