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Grafschaft Monastery

North Rhine-Westphalia

Arnsberg District

Hochsauerlandkreis

Schmallenberg

Grafschaft Monastery

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Grafschaft Monastery

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Location: Schmallenberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Kloster Grafschaft – Mill Pond loop from Grafschaft

6.55km

01:55

180m

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2. Grafschaft Monastery – Witches' Place loop from Grafschaft

15.5km

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440m

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3. Historic town center of Grafschaft loop from Schmallenberg

6.20km

01:38

50m

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Anette

September 20, 2022

The monastery was already founded in the 11th century. Today's large monastery complex is home to a specialist hospital, a guest house, barrier-free apartments, several chapels and a small museum. The monastery is run by the Borromean Order, who were expelled from Silesia in 1948.

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

August 12, 2021

Old monastery building is the eye-catcher in the small village centre. A must to get acquainted with the beautiful front garden. Enjoy the fauna and flora.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

August 19, 2018

"...The Grafschaft monastery is located in the Grafschaft district of the town of Schmallenberg in the Hochsauerland district. From 1072 until secularization it was a Benedictine abbey. In the early days, spiritual life was based on a variant of the Cluniac reform. After a phase of decline, it was forcibly reformed at the beginning of the 16th century as part of the Bursfeld Congregation. It experienced an economic boom from the 17th century, which formed the basis for a completely new monastery building in the 18th century. The monastery was dissolved in 1804. From the 19th century not used for monastic purposes until the middle of the 20th century, the facility has been home to Borromean nuns since 1948. As the successor community to the Silesian Congregation, Grafschaft is today a motherhouse of this order.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kloster_Grafschaft
krankenhaus-klostergrafschaft.de

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Elevation 380 m

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Location: Schmallenberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Grafschaft Monastery

1. Kloster Grafschaft – Mill Pond loop from Grafschaft

2. Grafschaft Monastery – Witches' Place loop from Grafschaft

3. Historic town center of Grafschaft loop from Schmallenberg

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