Wechselburg
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Wechselburg (ˈvɛksəlbʊʁk) is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen
, in Saxony
, Germany
. It is well known for its twelfth century Benedictine
monastery, the
Wechselburg Priory
.
Mittelsachsen
Mittelsachsen is a district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.- History :The district was established by merging the former districts of Döbeln, Freiberg and Mittweida as part of the district reform of August 2008.- Geography :...
, in Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is well known for its twelfth century Benedictine
Benedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
monastery, the
Wechselburg Priory
Wechselburg Priory
Wechselburg Priory, formerly Wechselburg Abbey is a Benedictine [ priory] in Wechselburg in Saxony, dissolved in the 16th century and re-founded in 1993.-First foundation:...
.