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

Germany

                      phone 1

+49 (0) 2243 2262

                   address 2

Gemeinde Windeck

51570 Windeck

Germany

                      phone 2

+49 (0) 2243 6010

                             fax

                          email

                       internet