Herchen

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                    name

Herchen

            latin name

 

Herchen, Herchingen

[Hergingin, Herghyngen]

            founded in

 

1248 (between: 17th October 1247

and 19th June 1249)

         inhabited by

nuns

       mother abbey

  daughter abbeys

          dissolved in

 

 

1803, incorporated into Merten

(Augustinian nuns) between 1582

and 1st 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