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Benedictine Abbey of Kornelimünster
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Daniela
March 19, 2016
Cycling
Created in the 9th century by the founding of the monastery Kornelimünster, the town with its historic old town center is worth a detour from Aachen or on the way of the Vennbahn cycle path, which leads through the middle.
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Didada
May 2, 2025
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In 1906, more than 100 years after the dissolution of the Imperial Abbey, Benedictines (from the German Merkelbeek Abbey on the Dutch side of the border near Brunssum) were reintroduced to Kornelimünster. Initially, only three monks remained in Kornelimünster to oversee the construction of the new monastery. The new monastery building was occupied on November 21, 1908. The monastery was officially established on October 14, 1909.
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Willem VS
August 30, 2023
Cycling
In the years 814 - 817 a monastery was founded by Emperor Louis the Pious. The first abbot was Benedict of Aniane, who came from the Visigothic nobility. From here, …
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