Waldsassen has a pretty old town with beautiful Baroque buildings. A stroll through the charming streets is definitely worth it. Further highlights of the city are the monastery basilica, the monastery library, the nature discovery garden of the Waldsassen Abbey and the Stiftlandmuseum.

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Harald Schramm (Schocker)

September 21, 2019

Cultural center in the Stiftland

Waldsassen in the Tirschenreuth district is considered the cultural center of the Upper Palatinate Stiftland. The town's origins date back to before 1133. Margrave Diepold III of Vohburg-Cham brought monks to Waldsassen to found a monastery there. It subsequently developed into one of the most important Cistercian monasteries in Bavaria. The economic and industrial boom began with the opening of the Wiesau-Eger railway line (1865). Waldsassen is, among other things, the location of the bicycle manufacturer Ghost and the Lamberts glassworks, Germany's only glassworks for hand-blown flat glass. The sights in Waldsassen include the collegiate basilica with Germany's largest church and monastery crypt and the extensive baroque relic treasure, the Waldsassen monastery with its collegiate library and the "Kappl" Trinity Church.
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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

June 8, 2023

Around the year 1133, Margrave Diepold III founded the monastery, brought Cistercian monks to Waldsassen and endowed it with possessions. The monastery quickly gained in importance and was of great service to the colonization of the northern district, which extended as far as Bohemia. The settlement of cloth makers from 1614 onwards led to the development of a bourgeois settlement within the monastery walls. The abbey castle from the 15th century is the only medieval building in Waldsassen. The first monastery with the Romanesque church fell into disrepair due to the chaos of war. The immigration of builders and artists that started in 1682, combined with the construction of the new monastery and church, brought an upswing for the town.

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Mpaege

November 1, 2021

Waldsassen is a place characterized by the Cistercian monastery and the Basika and is located near the border with the Czech Republic.
In addition to baroque cultural assets, there are numerous cross-border excursion options from here by bike or on foot.
waldsassen.de

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Timber 👣 & Shakespeare 🐾

July 29, 2019

The beginnings of Waldsassen go back to before the year 1133. On October 1, Margrave Diepold III. from Vohburg-Cham monks from Volkenroda in Thuringia to found the monastery Waldsassen, presumably starting from an already existing hermit community around an otherwise unoccupied Gerwig von Volmarstein. Waldsassen developed in the following centuries into one of the most important Cistercian monasteries in Bavaria. From 1214 imperial abbey, the monastery came in the late Middle Ages under Palatine rule, after it had chosen in 1465 Count Palatine Otto II of Palatinate-Mosbach-Neumarkt for Vogt. 1571, the monastery was abolished by the Palatine Elector in the course of the Reformation. For a long time, the monastery buildings were the only settlement. It was not until the 17th century that the first rows of houses were built outside the monastery, erected in the form of a "grid city" by immigrant Calvinist drapery families. As a result of the re-catholicization from 1621 came in 1661 again Cistercians from the monastery Fürstenfeld to Waldsassen. 1690, the monastery was raised again to the abbey, 1803, however, secularized in the wake of the Reichsdeputationshauptschlusses again. In 1865 the railway line Wiesau-Eger was opened. For Waldsassen this meant an industrial boom. In 1896 Prince Regent Luitpold awarded the Waldsassen market town rights. The population had grown to almost 4000 now. Thirty years earlier, the first porcelain factory was founded, which in the following years followed a clinker factory, a brick factory and the first glassworks.

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Sieg_68623

June 17, 2025

The entire building and grounds are in very good condition and well-maintained. There's a lot to see here and a lot to learn on a guided tour.
It's definitely worth a visit!

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