name

Herchen

                    latin name

Herchen, Herchingen

[Hergingin, Herghyngen]

                    founded in

1248

(between: 17th October 1247 and 19th June 1249)

                 inhabited by

nuns

              primary abbey

               mother abbey

          daughter abbeys

                  dissolved in

1803

incorporated into Merten (Augustinian nuns) between 1582 and 1^st July 1624;

                         to visit

ruins (masonry as a part of a building)

                     address 1

Katholisches Pfarramt St. Peter Herchen

Höher Land 8
D-51570 Windeck-Herchen

                        phone 1

+49 (0) 2243 2262

                     address 2

Gemeinde Windeck

51570 Windeck

                        phone 2

+49 (0) 2243 6010

                               fax

                            email

                         internet