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Frauenthal Abbey

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Frauenthal Abbey

Name: Frauenthal Abbey
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Location: Zug, Zentralschweiz, Switzerland

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1. Frauenthal Abbey loop from Unterdorf

10.4km

02:38

20m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. St. Wolfgang Church and Hamlet – Frauenthal Abbey loop from Cham

16.6km

04:23

160m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Frauenthal Abbey loop from Hagendorn

5.46km

01:26

40m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Hanspeter Grüter

October 22, 2022

Nice, quiet valley for a leisurely hike or walk.

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Hanspeter Grüter

October 22, 2022

kloster-frauenthal.ch
Today 6 Cistercian nuns live in the community.
Her day is divided into prayer, work and reading.

monastery day
In the last hour of the night, when all is still silent, the sisters gather in the church for the vigils (4:25 am). At dawn (5:25 a.m.) the Lauds, the morning praise, are sung. A period of meditation will be followed at 7am by the climax, the celebration of the Eucharist. After breakfast there is room for spiritual reading. General work in the kitchen, garden, etc. begins at 9 a.m. The short choral prayer of the Sext is prayed at 11.10 a.m., followed by lunch. Opportunity for personal talks and relaxation remains until 1 p.m. Then you go back to work and Vespers is celebrated at 5 p.m. It is an evening of thanksgiving and praise to God. Necessary work will be finished after dinner. Complete silence returns at the end of Compline, the night prayer in the church.

schedule weekdays
4.25 Vigil, then Lauds
5.40 Meditation, Rosary
6.45 Entry to the third
7.00 a.m. Eucharist, followed by breakfast
8.30 Lection divina
9:00 working time
11.05 Entry to the midday prayer in Sext and Non
13:35 working time
16.55 Entry to Vespers, followed by dinner
6.30 p.m., followed by time for a reading
20.30 night rest

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kloster...
The monastery is located on the Lorze river and was founded in 1231 by a donation from Baron Ulrich von Schnabelburg and his wife. The Frauenthalense necrology mentions as a co-founder of the monastery Count Ludwig von Frohburg – November 22nd: “Ludwig graff von Froburg, mittsiffter, anno 1246”. In 1253 it was incorporated into the Cistercian order. The people of Schwyz destroyed most of the buildings in 1351 during a dispute with Duke Albrecht. During the Reformation the convention was dissolved, in the Counter-Reformation the faith community formed again. Since 1586 she has regained the right to elect abbesses.

The complex, designed according to Cistercian tradition as a building area, was renovated in the 17th and 18th centuries. The east and south wings with the chapter hall and the refectory with the cloister were built by the Vorarlberg architect Johann Moosbrugger in the late 17th century. In the monastery church there is an organ by organ builder Walter Graf from 1975 in the case of the previous organ by Lucerne organ builder Sylvester Walpen from 1852.

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Tiagopilger

October 21, 2024

old Cistercian women's monastery

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Frauenthal Abbey

1. Frauenthal Abbey loop from Unterdorf

2. St. Wolfgang Church and Hamlet – Frauenthal Abbey loop from Cham

3. Frauenthal Abbey loop from Hagendorn

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