Lorch (Württemberg)
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Lorch is a small town in the Ostalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, by the river Rems, 8 kilometers west of Schwäbisch Gmünd. It is a part of the Ostwürttemberg region.
View of Lorch from the East. Steeple and buildings of monastery are visible on hill at right.
Lorch monastery
Oscar Fraas
Lorch Abbey
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Lorch Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Lorch from 1102 to 1556 and again from 1630 to 1648. It was originally the house monastery of the Staufer dynasty. Today, many of its buildings remain and ar
Lorch (Württemberg)
…inhabitants), Waldhausen (2698 inhabitants) and Weitmars (1030 inhabitants). During the Roman Era, it served as a vital link in the Limes Germanicus. The monastery at Lorch was founded by Frederick I of Swabia in 1102. The Roman Empire expanded its sphere of control to the north of the Alps into the borders of modern-day…
Lorch today
A page from one of the illuminated Lorch choir books
View of the church from the garden
Arcade of the cloister