Abbey of St. Märgen

Abbey of St. Märgen - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Abbey of St. Märgen () is a former Augustinian canons monastery in St. Märgen in the Black Forest in Germany, which was founded around 1118 under the name Cella Sanctae Mariae ("Chapel of St. Mary"). The German form of the name, Maria-Zell, changed over the centuries through Marienzell, Sante Merien and St. Mergen to the present name of the abbey and village, St. Märgen.Internetseiten Klostermuseum und Landeskunde entdecken online Baden-Württemberg. The Baroque abbey church of St. Mary of the Assumption (Mariä Himmelfahrt) is today the Roman Catholic parish church of St. Märgen and one of the most important Marian pilgrimage churches in the Archdiocese of Freiburg.Die Kirche auf der Internetseite des Erzbistums Freiburg. Retrieved 26 December 2015. Read more on Wikipedia

type: monastery
date from: 1118

Source: en.wikipedia.org