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Nonnenpfad (Path of Tears)

Nonnenpfad (Path of Tears)

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Nonnenpfad (Path of Tears)

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Location: Rieneck, Main-Spessart, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Nico

April 21, 2023

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No wonder, given the incline, that the monastery had to close at the beginning of 2023 due to a lack of young people...😉... you start to sweat

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Spessart-erleben

June 29, 2022

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The nuns' path (not nuns' path) is a historical path. You can find more information about the path here: spessart-erleben.de/content/nonnenpfad-wanderwege-rieneck

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Breggi

May 26, 2022

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"The Path of Tears" This was the path taken by young women who had to go to Schönau Monastery in the Middle Ages.

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Elevation 230 m

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Location: Rieneck, Main-Spessart, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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